The roots

(Objectivism basis while standing on one foot)




1- Metaphysics: Objective Reality.
("Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed"
or "Wishing won't make it so.")

2- Epistemology: Reason.
( "You can't eat your cake and have it, too." )

3- Ethics: Self-interest.
("Man is an end in himself.")

4- Politics: Capitalism.
("Give me liberty or give me death.")