Ideologies / Objectivist / Leonard Peikoff
§ The minds · b. 1933 · United States · Philosopher
Leonard Peikoff
Rand's intellectual heir
Systematised Objectivism.
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Rand's designated heir, who systematised Objectivism into a formal philosophy and founded the institute that carries it forward.
social
Reason as the sole guide; secular and individualist.
economic
Doctrinaire laissez-faire capitalism.
governance
Minimal rights-protecting state; nothing redistributive.
Notable for
- 'Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand'
- Founded the Ayn Rand Institute's project
- Rand's literary heir
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