THE FOUNTAINHEAD

The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand



Over The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

The law, in a democratic nation, is not merely an arbitrary extension of one's personal whims; rather it is an extension of the collective will of the masses. By demolishing Cortlandt Homes, Howard Roark does not merely break the law, but crushes the mass opinion on the false virtuousness of altruism and collectivism.

While only accepting what he perceives as perfect and outright original in his field of architecture, the joy of building, in the individual sense, was completely stolen from Roark's grasp, and in return he gave them the ...