The Fountainhead
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The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-born American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect who battles again
Cover of the first edition
Ayn Rand in 1943
In writing the character of Howard Roark, Rand was inspired by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Patricia Neal played Dominique Francon in the film adaptation.
Objectivism
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Objectivism is a philosophical system named and developed by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand. She described it as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the
The Fountainhead
…philosophical viewpoint about those ideas. In the years following the publication of The Fountainhead, Rand developed a philosophical system that she called Objectivism. The Fountainhead does not contain this explicit philosophy, and Rand did not write the novel primarily to convey philosophical ideas. Nonetheless…
Ayn Rand in 1957
Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology explains her theory of concept formation.
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