In short, a crazy son of a gun.
In long, Mark is a spirit. He almost died in a hunger/thirst strike for Peaceful Revolution once but still considered not eating or drinking for 9 and a half days easier than reading Hegel. After 20 years of searching for a philosophy universal enough to encompass a genuine coherence about the world, he forced his mind to take up the golgotha of Hegel. With steadfast courage and perseverance, ie. sheer craze, he blasted the Science Of Logic for 2500 straight hours, 5-15 hours a day for 13 months every single day. An agent of World Spirit was forged. The meaningless verbiage endless stamped upon the pages broke free into an astonishing realm of clarity. A genuine philosopher was born.