>Not being familiar with her writings, I've read a bit about her on Wikipedia. I understand that she and some of her ideas are controversial. Maybe I'll read more of her some other time. Perhaps The Fountainhead is a nice introduction to her work.

Let me summarize for you:


Facts are facts, truth is truth no matter what humans think about it
Charity is possibily the worst evil: it is better to strive to be a prosperous laize-fair capitalist as an example for the needy, rather than to give charitably to the needy.


It's not so much a philosophy as it is a few shallow and unconnected rules that all in all, don't tell us very much about the world. Which is the goal of philosophy.