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American polymath and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin was a leading intellectual figure in the American revolution and among the most esteemed thinkers of his time. In 1743, he founded the American Philosophical Society, the first learned society in the United States, to “promote useful knowledge.”
Since 1743, APS Members have sustained its mission—speaking out with conviction that intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
