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.
If a barber, without the knowledge of his master, cut the sign of a slave on a slave not to be sold, the hands of this barber shall be cut off.
If a veterinary surgeon perform a serious operation on an ass or an ox, and cure it, the owner shall pay the surgeon one-sixth of a shekel as a fee.