Baruch Spinoza’s Ethica (1677) planted the metaphysical seed of one of modernity’s most quietly radical visions: a universe governed by a single, immanent substance—Deus sive Natura (‘God or Nature’).
Paul Caruss (1852-1919), the German-American writer and publisher, was an organizer of the first "Parliament of the World’s Religions, held at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The award in his name will be sponsored by the Carus family, which is best known for its publishing house, Open Court. In announcing the award, Paul Carus’s grandson, M. Blouke Carus, also announced that his family had pledged an additional $1 million in support of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, formed in 1988 to organize the revival of the Parliament. The Parliament of the World’s Religions reconvened in 1993 in Chicago and in 1999 in Cape Town.
A transcript of an address given by Blouke Carus in December 2001, following his announcement of the Paul Carus Award, is given below.
I come to you this evening not as a theologian or a philosopher, but as a lifelong student of education and business. In the few moments I have, I would like to give you a feel for the reasons behind our family’s decision to sponsor an award in the name of Paul Carus. Why this support for the work of the Council, over a century after Paul Carus gave a speech at the first Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago?
In establishing a Paul Carus Award in recognition of exemplary work in promoting interreligious understanding and cooperation, our hope is to draw attention to the importance of fostering interreligious understanding and cooperation among diverse religious and spiritual communities, thus serving the same purpose as other awards such as the Nobel Peace Prize. The Carus Award will make visible the good work done by the nominees and by those selected, and it will help them gain the recognition and resources they need in order to achieve their objectives. All this resonates with the pioneering work of Paul Carus, who over a century ago spent a productive life working with many of the world’s religious leaders to establish a continuing dialogue among the leaders, adherents and communities of the world’s great religious and spiritual traditions."
that's a mistake. because only by understanding the progressive development of the structure - and those who contributed - can you formulate an effective response.
if you don't understand the structure, they'll just disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear elsewhere - and you'll have no way to fight them, because you have no idea from where they'll appear next.
incidentally, i realised fairly early on that it's what they do in weaponised form repeatedly. for instance, the gain of function discussion is clearly intended to outrage, to distract - to waste time. it's why twitter continuously promote outrage merchants, and censor those who attempt to decipher the structure to forward predict it (while musk is placing the surveillance satellites in orbit).
few, if any, of those outrage merchants tell you why, and if they do, they don't typically attempt to explain the hierarchy or even seek deeper intent. take someone as taibbi, for instance. a few years ago, he was vehemently anti-right wing. suddenly he gets access to a handful of tweets which are then weaponised to waste time. because his - and shellenberger's revelations - have established... what, exactly? what came out of the "twitter files" - anything?
it matters a great deal. if you don't understand their motivation and how the system came to be, then you haven't got the slightest change of forward predicting what comes next.
Paul Caruss (1852-1919), the German-American writer and publisher, was an organizer of the first "Parliament of the World’s Religions, held at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The award in his name will be sponsored by the Carus family, which is best known for its publishing house, Open Court. In announcing the award, Paul Carus’s grandson, M. Blouke Carus, also announced that his family had pledged an additional $1 million in support of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, formed in 1988 to organize the revival of the Parliament. The Parliament of the World’s Religions reconvened in 1993 in Chicago and in 1999 in Cape Town.
A transcript of an address given by Blouke Carus in December 2001, following his announcement of the Paul Carus Award, is given below.
I come to you this evening not as a theologian or a philosopher, but as a lifelong student of education and business. In the few moments I have, I would like to give you a feel for the reasons behind our family’s decision to sponsor an award in the name of Paul Carus. Why this support for the work of the Council, over a century after Paul Carus gave a speech at the first Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago?
In establishing a Paul Carus Award in recognition of exemplary work in promoting interreligious understanding and cooperation, our hope is to draw attention to the importance of fostering interreligious understanding and cooperation among diverse religious and spiritual communities, thus serving the same purpose as other awards such as the Nobel Peace Prize. The Carus Award will make visible the good work done by the nominees and by those selected, and it will help them gain the recognition and resources they need in order to achieve their objectives. All this resonates with the pioneering work of Paul Carus, who over a century ago spent a productive life working with many of the world’s religious leaders to establish a continuing dialogue among the leaders, adherents and communities of the world’s great religious and spiritual traditions."
https://parliamentofreligions.org/1893-chicago/the-paul-carus-award-for-interreligious-understanding/
that's a mistake. because only by understanding the progressive development of the structure - and those who contributed - can you formulate an effective response.
if you don't understand the structure, they'll just disappear into a cloud of smoke and reappear elsewhere - and you'll have no way to fight them, because you have no idea from where they'll appear next.
incidentally, i realised fairly early on that it's what they do in weaponised form repeatedly. for instance, the gain of function discussion is clearly intended to outrage, to distract - to waste time. it's why twitter continuously promote outrage merchants, and censor those who attempt to decipher the structure to forward predict it (while musk is placing the surveillance satellites in orbit).
few, if any, of those outrage merchants tell you why, and if they do, they don't typically attempt to explain the hierarchy or even seek deeper intent. take someone as taibbi, for instance. a few years ago, he was vehemently anti-right wing. suddenly he gets access to a handful of tweets which are then weaponised to waste time. because his - and shellenberger's revelations - have established... what, exactly? what came out of the "twitter files" - anything?
it matters a great deal. if you don't understand their motivation and how the system came to be, then you haven't got the slightest change of forward predicting what comes next.