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[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like "theologian" undersells it. I mean, he was, but he was also an organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

(Schweitzer, not the cat)

[โ€“] zloubida@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He was also a pacifist who fought against the atomic bomb, an internationalist, and a precursor of the animal rights movement.

He wasn't perfect (he was quite paternalistic with the Africans for example), sure, but I love this guy.