Objectivism starts with a simple [[axiom]]: ''existence exists.''<ref name=Atlas/> To grasp that axiom is to realize two other, corollary axioms:
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Objectivism starts with a simple [[axiom]]: ''existence exists''<ref name=Atlas/>, often summed up as the intentionally tautologous 'A=A'. To grasp that axiom is to realize two other, corollary axioms:
# Something exists that someone perceives.<ref name=Atlas/>
# Something exists that someone perceives.<ref name=Atlas/>