Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

scientific righteousness, which tells
what to do with character These
three special sciences united into one
grand system constitute and complete
the philosophy of human life.
When the character Of a man or
,, woman is analysed according to vi
tosophy, we understand what that man
or woman represents, how much OF
energy, talent, intelligence, education,
inherent goodness or weakness Is COM
bined in the character to produce the
individuality which is reflected in the
personality before us. We are able
to determine, in a word, how much
this personality is worth, what powers
of education and development reside in
it, how it can be organized into its
best possible avenues iof effort and
success, the vicissitudes 1t is likely to
encounter, the provision that can be
made for overcoming these vicissi-
tudes, the possibilities of continued
good health, or the danger Of diseases
the right occupation for the display OF
talent, the kind of companionship that
is essential for cooperation, loving re-
lationships and social enjoyment and
the place or climate in which 1t can
best be exercised and the kind of food
diet and raiment and other essentials
WIllCH are ucCcoSdly " tto OOIiPiOtO OAh
joyment of existence.
Because these problems are solved by
vitosophy, because this science affords
so ligical, sensible and understandable g
method of adjusting the life of every
individual to it's best possible condi-
tions, the word philosophy" has been
coined as it's appropriate title. from tbs
Latin word. "vitos'' and the Greek
word Sophia meaning life and wis
dom. The beautiful title, "Vitosophy, >
freely translated, means "The Wise
from the unwise way.
One glance at the conditions in So
ciety in any portion of our country will
convince the Intelligent observer that
nearly all people live unwisely. There
is an immense amount Of trouble In
the world Trouble is so universal;
sickness, disease, premature death, do
mestic discord, financial disaster, crime
and all of it's attendant horrors are SO
frequent that most people have come
to look upon them as necessary con-
ditions of existence.
| A few philosophers in every age have
maintained the theory that these con-
ditions are not necessary to human life;
that happiness can be attained here anc
now, and that 1t Is not necessary tc
wait for some problematical and un-
certain future existence to realize JOY
The intelligent ancient philosophers de-
clared that IL man would be virtuou'
he would be happy, but they could no
| tell him how to be virtuous, because
| they could not understand his char
acter and at that time no system o
character analysis had been formu
| lated
vitosophy furnishes such system
| and by analyzing the character of eacl
Individual establishes for him a vir
tuous method of living in accordanct
with the needs of his nature and points
out the way by which he can accom-,
plish the greatest results in the use Of
time, talents and other resources
The great and distinguishing charac.
istic whic,, puts vitosophy in a class
by itself when compared with all othei
sciences is that it is the scince of indi'
vidual character All other systems
of philosophy, all religions and doc.
trines which have been promulgated
pretending to relieve the ills of hui
manity. have consisted of glitterine