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Ayn Rand

1905 - 1982

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Rand’s work and ideas are deeply ingrained into the American political landscape. She wrote two very famous novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, the latter of which espouses her defining philosophy, Objectivism. This set of ideas embraces reason and philosophical realism, completely denying any form of the supernatural. It also includes the idea of rational self-interest: people should act selfishly in order to further their goals. Rand’s political philosophy is largely centered around the idea of individual rights and limited government, which the American conservative and libertarian movements claim as their base — despite the fact that she refused to classify herself in those terms.

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