Leonard Peikoff
Leonard Peikoff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher and foremost exponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism.
1933, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Canada · United States
Leonard Peikoff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher and foremost exponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism.
Leonard Peikoff is a Canadian-American philosopher and the foremost exponent of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, whom Rand named her legal and intellectual heir. He founded the Ayn Rand Institute and wrote systematic works such as Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. He was born into a Jewish family in Winnipeg; his father was a surgeon of Jewish background.
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Philosopher and foremost exponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism.
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