MAN AGAINST DARKNESS

by Ben Finger Jr.

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 BECAUSE OF THEM . . . .
the men illustrated in the pages that followwe enjoy a world wherein ignorance, disease,
intolerance, and poverty are swiftly becoming things of the past.
HEROIC PIONEERSOPEN MINDS . . . these illustrious individuals often sacrified
their very lives in the interest of their ideals and humanitarian aims.
It behooves us to cherish the heritage of enlightenment they bequeathed to humankind.
m ONE Of THE GREATEST OF THE ANCIENT INITIATES
AFTER. 5T0PVIN6 INIGift, THIS GREEK mTlC TAU6HT
THE REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AROUNP THE SUN,
THE "MUSIC Of the SPHERES," A THEORY OF ARCHETYPAL
IPEA5, THE IMPORTANCE OF NUMBER, ETC. ALL HIS
PUPIL5 WERE REWIRED To 0E STRICT VE6ETARIAN5.
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OF LIFE

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WORK ON NATURAL REUNION WHICH TH E PRUSSIAN THESIS, ANTITHESIS. SYNTHESIS /
GOVERNMENT 5UPPRESSED!
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 ^ PHILOSOPHY
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\ HUMAN EXPERIENCE TO e xp la in
n ; HUWAM VALU5, ANI> BOLDLY
ACCEPTED T H E C H A LLEN G E
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AS A CONSOLATORY V E R B A L
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PHILOSOPHY HAS A S O C IA L FUNCTION. "WE ARE W EAK.TODAY N
IDEAL M ATTERS," S A Y * DEW EY, "B ECAUSE INTELLIGENCE IS DIVORCED
FROJVS A S P IR A T IO N ."
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has p o n e m o r e t h a n a n y o t h e r .
MODERN To POPULARIZE t m S O p H Y '
IN "TH E $ ro& y OF P H ILO S O P H Y"
"THE MARCH O f PHILOSOPHY,"
MAGAZINE ARTICLES ANPLECTURES.
h e s u r v e y h is t o r y w i t h a Serlmi
p h ilo s o p h ic eve our,
in R U M IL
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P R IZE FOR HIS UNORTHODOX -M E N R l B E R G S O N
OF GREECE/1 "CAESAR AND CHRIST/'
PH ILO SO PH IZING. H E DEFINES FINDS COSIAIC IMPLICATIONS IN TH E
AN D " T H E A G E OF FA IT H / UNIT5
HIS SOCIAL A IM AS " T H E VITAL SPARK OF THE C R EA TIV E
OF A {JI0LE OF CIVILISATION Y E T
DISCOVERY O F A W A Y 0 / INTELLECT. "IN M A N A L O N E 15
IN PROGRESS-
WHICH M EN CAN LIVE TOGETHER CONSCIOUSNESS AB LE TO OVERCOME
WITHOUT MAKING EACH O T H ER TH E LIMITATIONS IM M & W
M IS ER A B LE." M
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HAS REVEALED THE U IWALENCE Of
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TWE CONTINUUM, ^N0 IN MS L U k T UNIFIED
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H a l d a m
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PARK" WAS LA 8 ELEP A YIINS FOR. ENERGY, COLO IIGHTVJHER6 NO
RADIATION Will 91 LOST AS HEAT, SWWETK
DULLARD IN SCHOOL. HI5
FOOD FROM THE CHEMICAL IA0ORATO&IEJ,
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CftNSPlfUOllS FAILURE/'
WAR, THE ABOLITION OF Dl$EAE ANP
AND HE WA5 REfORTEPTO
THE PflOlOHGAflOK OF VOUTH!
HAVE "NO SCIENTIFIC
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KIN H W O P E , PHONOGRAM
AMP "T A LK IE 5 ."

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DOCTORS WENT
FROM PATIENTTO
PATlENT WITHOUT EVEN
RIN5IN6 THEIR HAM S, j - r n T
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