>Rand an "Aristotelian?" The only thing that she got from Aristotle is
the notion(?) "A=A",
Yes, on which Steve 'Spiderman' Ditko based his rather marvellously deluded comic book character, 'Mr A'
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Witzend_MrA_ByDitko.jpg