Objectivism is the philosophy of Ayn Rand, a 20th century novelist and philosopher. "My philosophy, in essence," she once said, "is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."  Miss Rand is best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

Ayn Rand once called Objectivism "a philosophy for living on Earth". It is a philosophy of reason and reality, a philosophy which integrates and harmonizes the material and spiritual aspects of man's existence, the logical and emotional aspects of his consciousness, the moral and practical aspects of his actions.

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