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Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal war ein philippinischer Geisteswissenschaftler, Jurist, Patriot und Direktor eines Vorläufers der Nationalbibliothek der Philippinen und des Nationalmuseums der Philippinen.

Er wurde geboren als Sohn von Don Escolastico de los Santos und Doña Antonina Cristobal. Im Alter von sieben Jahren begann er seine Ausbildung an der Ateneo Municipal, heute Ateneo de Manila University, in Manila. Er galt als aufgeschlossen und hatte eine schnelle Auffassungsgabe, so dass er am 16. März 1890 das Bachelor of Arts erwarb, mit der Note summa cum laude. Nach dem Abschluss begann er sein Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Päpstlich und Königlichen Universität des heiligen Thomas von Aquin in Manila, welches er mit dem Licentiate in Law 1898 abschloss. Während seines Studiums wurde er unter anderem von Cayetano Arellano unterrichtet.

In der finalen Phase der philippinischen Revolution 1898 war er der Herausgeber der Zeitung La Libertad. Nach deren Verbot schrieb er Artikel in der Zeitung La Independencia unter dem Pseudonym G. Solon, was auf den griechischen Philosophen Solon anspielte. Nach dem Ende des Krieges wurde er Provinzgouverneur von Nueva Ecija 1902, er wurde wiedergewählt im Jahre 1904. Während seiner Amtszeit wurde er zum Mitglied der Philippine Commission berufen und repräsentierte die Philippinen auf der Louisiana Purchase Exposition im Jahre 1904. Nach seiner zweiten Amtszeit wurde er Jahr 1906 zum Staatsanwalt in den Provinzen Bataan und Bulacan berufen.

Anfang der 1920er Dekade reiste er nach Europa und besuchte England, Spanien, Belgien, Holland, Deutschland und Österreich. Während seiner Reise sammelte er zahlreiche seltene Bücher und Dokumente über die philippinische Geschichte.

Am 16. Mai 1925 wurde er zum Direktor des Philippine Library and Museum berufen, den heutigen Nationalmuseum der Philippinen und der Nationalbibliothek der Philippinen. De Los Santos starb am 18. April 1928 in seinem Büro an den Folgen eines Herzinfarktes. Nach ihm wurde der Highway 54 benannt, die Epifanio de los Santos Avenue. Unter den Kurznamen EDSA ging sein Name mit der EDSA-Revolution 1986, der EDSA-II-Revolution im Jahr 2001 und der EDSA-III-Revolution im Jahr 2009 in die Geschichte der Philippinen ein. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. April 1871 – 18. April 1928
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“An artist by temperament, he was a scholar in the truest sense, interested and well versed in all branches of human learning, not in the manner of present-day specialists who confine themselves in the limited branches of their chosen fields. He was also recognized as the most authoritative historian and interpreter of fruitful and transcendental events in our epoch, a researcher of the first order, a collector of rare and antique objects that are landmarks of Philippine culture.”

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Kontext: He was undoubtedly the best critic, writer and biographer that the golden age of literature in our country have ever produced. An artist by temperament, he was a scholar in the truest sense, interested and well versed in all branches of human learning, not in the manner of present-day specialists who confine themselves in the limited branches of their chosen fields. He was also recognized as the most authoritative historian and interpreter of fruitful and transcendental events in our epoch, a researcher of the first order, a collector of rare and antique objects that are landmarks of Philippine culture. None could equal him in rigidness and perseverance and study of our past, even in search of our wealth of relevant and important data that enrich the sources for the study of national history and literature. He was also recognized as the foremost Filipino scholar of his time. -Rafael Palma

“The Filipino is a true cosmopolitan. From him the world may expect something new and distinctive.”

As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 210.
ULOL
Kontext: We Filipinos are the most promising people in the world. We have unheard-of-possibilities. There have never been a people similarly situated. Here we are in the Orient with our Oriental thoughts and sentiments, but living amid a civilization more Western than was ever known in The East. The Philippines is the only country where East meets West. The Filipino is a true cosmopolitan. From him the world may expect something new and distinctive.

“They overvalue courage forgetting that without knowledge it is only recklessness…Less bluff, more study.”

Philippine Free Press. Manila. April 28, 1928.
ULOL
Kontext: What I want to impress on our youth is the necessity of thoroughly preparing themselves for their life's work. As a rule they bluff their way through life, pulling plums out of life's pudding by hook or by crook. They seem to hold the notion that knowledge is not essential to great achievements as courage. They overvalue courage forgetting that without knowledge it is only recklessness... Less bluff, more study.

“Distrust all generalizations: stick to the concrete.”

As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 211.
ULOL
Kontext: (... philosophy is more often the systematization of the prejudices of philosophers than the systematization of nature.) Distrust all generalizations: stick to the concrete.

“At the end of three years my knowledge of Spanish and of literature in general was far beyond that of my friends. It was then my turn to laugh!”

As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 211.
ULOL
Kontext: When I left the University of Santo Tomas, I had but a smattering of Spanish. My friends made sport of me. What keen mortification did I suffer at my ignorance! One day, no longer able to stand the jeerings of my friends, I made up my mind to learn Spanish. I purchased a dozen good novels and began to read. I did not spend hours over a grammar, but just kept on reading, taking care to remember the idioms. In the meantime my library grew. At the end of three years my knowledge of Spanish and of literature in general was far beyond that of my friends. It was then my turn to laugh!

“When every Filipino home shall contain such a national work, stimulative of autonomous sentiments…then the Philippines will be spiritually and practically independent.”

Philippine Magazine vol. 38. no 1 p. 14.
ULOL
Kontext: The time has come when we should have a critical, official, monumental edition of all of Rizal's works, with illustrations contributed by Luna about other artists of ours... When every Filipino home shall contain such a national work, stimulative of autonomous sentiments... then the Philippines will be spiritually and practically independent.

“Principles for principles' sake -that is not wisdom; that is obstinacy. Principles should be fluid because life is fluid.”

As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 211.
ULOL
Kontext: If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw over your principles. Principles for principles' sake -that is not wisdom; that is obstinacy. Principles should be fluid because life is fluid.

“It is not strange that Menendez Pelayo should discover the Filipino scholar because in brains and heart they were the same.”

As a quote by Don Jose Ma. Romero Salas cited in Manila Tribune. April 19, 1928.
BALIW

“…the greatest Filipino sculptor, in or outside the Philippines”

The Philippine Republic. 1928. Washington, D. C., C. H. Tavenner., p. 19

“…we were not aware of this and the seditious character of the poem (Balagtas' Florante and Laura) until Epifanio de los Santos discovered and pointed them out”

Leopoldo Y. Babes "A brief survey of Iloko literature from the beginnings to its present development, with a bibliography of works pertaining to the Iloko people and their language" Manila Oriental Co. 1924, p. 56-57.
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“powerful intelligence, a formidable receptacle of culture and gifted with words.”

As a quote by Jaime C. De Veyra in "81 Years of Premio Zobel Legacy of Philippine Literature in Spanish" by Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes. Vibal Publishing House, Inc. 2006.
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“Lazy geniuses! There are no such men. Laziness and genius never go hand in hand. Each excludes the other. Laziness is the best proof of the absence of genius.”

As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 211.
ULOL

“He was, in the early twentieth century, the country's most eminent biographer and literary scholar.”

Resil B. Mojares in Brains of the Nation: Pedro Paterno, T. H. Pado de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes. 2006. p. 477.
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