Path to Enlightened Humanism: The Works of Dr Ben Grobbelaar

Dr Ben Grobbelaar qualified as a medical practitioner in 1951, and obtained his doctorate in 1959. He devoted his professional career to the study of Blood Transfusion, and is regarded as one of the pioneers of the discipline in South Africa. He also rose to eminence internationally, representing the continent of Africa on the International Society of Blood Transfusion, in addition to becoming the Vice-Chairman of the World Federation of Haemophilia. After resigning from his professional appointments at the age of 45, he embarked on a programme of "self-education", reading widely in science and philosophy. Path to Enlightened Humanism incorporates Ben's three books. The first two, Knowledge and Philosophy provide the path Ben took in his search to determine a philosophy that would represent, in his view a practical and sensible approach to life and mankind's problems. His conclusion, contained in the third book, Enlightened Humanism, is a philosophy for those individuals who have become disillusioned with the archaic, restrictive and dogmatic doctrines and assertions of the many different religious orders in the world.