03017nam 22005533u 450 991046289030332120210114042858.0(CKB)2670000000488835(EBL)1354412(OCoLC)856870145(MiAaPQ)EBC1354412(EXLCZ)99267000000048883520140106d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Catalyst for Controversy[electronic resource] Paul Carus of Open CourtCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20091 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-1797-4 Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Paul Carus's Early Life; 2. The Philosophy of Monism and Meliorism; 3. Open Court's First Year; 4. The Religion of Science; 5. The World's Parliament of Religions; Gallery; 6. Looking Toward the East; 7. Mach; 8. Peirce; 9. Carus's Later Philosophy; 10. The Great War; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover""I am not a common atheist; I am an atheist who loves God.""-Paul Carus, ""The God of Science,"" 1904In the summer of 1880, while teaching at the military academy of the Royal Corps of Cadets of Saxony in Dresden, Paul Carus published a brief pamphlet denying the literal truth of scripture and describing the Bible as a great literary work comparable to the Odyssey.This unremarkable document was Carus's first step in a wide-ranging intellectual voyage in which he traversed philosophy, science, religion, mathematics, history, music, literature, and sociaCarus, Paul, 1852-1919Open Court Publishing Company -- HistoryPeriodicals -- Publishing -- United States -- HistoryPhilosophers -- United States -- BiographyPublishers and publishing -- United States -- BiographyPublishers and publishing --Illinois --La Salle -- HistoryReligious literature -- Publishing -- United States -- HistoryUnited States -- Intellectual lifeElectronic books.Carus, Paul, 1852-1919.Open Court Publishing Company -- History.Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States -- History.Philosophers -- United States -- Biography.Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.Publishers and publishing --Illinois --La Salle -- History.Religious literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History.United States -- Intellectual life.381.450020973381/.45002/0973Henderson Harold997734AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910462890303321Catalyst for Controversy2288145UNINA