December 26 , 1867Paris, France June 7 , 1956Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Julien Benda, (born Dec. 26, 1867, Paris, France died June 7 , 1956 Fontenay-aux-Roses, near Paris) novelist and philosopher, leader of the anti-Romantic movement in French criticism, persistent defender of reason and intellect against the philosophical intuitionism of Henri Bergson.
Pearl was a one-and-only: charming, intelligent, persistent, selfless, principled; an artist, a dancer, a worker, an intellect, a reader, a hostess, a gardener; a progressive, an atheist, an advocate of women's and civil rights, a traveler, a film buff, a snorkeler.
She will be remembered by all who knew her as a persistent advocate for social services for children and youth, an expert on adoption and foster care issues, an independent woman of intellect who always followed her heart, and as a beautiful person, inside and out, devoted to family and friends.
Hate reason and intellect.
The man represents intellect.
"His intellect, his charisma.
