The “living example” of egoism is Howard Roark, “an architect and innovator, who breaks with tradition, recognizes no authority but that of his own independent judgment.” Roark’s individualism is contrasted with the spiritual collectivism of many of the other characters, who are variations on the theme of “second-handedness” - thinking, acting, and living second-hand. a new definition of egoism and its living example.” She later states its theme as “individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man’s soul the psychological motivations and the basic premises that produce the character of an individualist or a collectivist.” In her first notes for The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand describes its purpose as “a defense of egoism in its real meaning.
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