Rand considered Immanuel Kant her philosophical opposite and "the most evil man in mankind's history"; she believed his epistemology undermined reason and his ethics opposed self-interest.
ɹˈænd kənsˈɪdɚd ɪmˈænuːl kˈænt hɜː fˌɪləsˈɑːfɪkəl ˈɑːpəzˌɪt ænd "ðə mˈoʊst ˈiːvəl mˈæn ɪn mæŋkˈaɪndz hˈɪstɚɹi"; ʃiː bᵻlˈiːvd hɪz ᵻpˌɪstɪmˈɑːlədʒi ˌʌndɚmˈaɪnd ɹˈiːzən ænd hɪz ˈɛθɪks əpˈoʊzd sˈɛlfˈɪntɹɛst.