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The "mad scientist" of horror literature solves the mind-body problem: the irrational within himself (usually him) consolidates as a god-figure who consecrates and glorifies rational goals of amoral scientific discovery.
pp. 51-52: Dr. Buxtorf, mentor to the young Augustus Rank, says "'Although perhaps the life of the body, and the simple pleasures of the world, offer more joy to those unenlightened minds than to men who must live always illuminated by the stark light of knowledge, and truth - ye ...more
pp. 51-52: Dr. Buxtorf, mentor to the young Augustus Rank, says "'Although perhaps the life of the body, and the simple pleasures of the world, offer more joy to those unenlightened minds than to men who must live always illuminated by the stark light of knowledge, and truth - ye ...more
