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| | Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions |
 | | Paul Carus was born in 1852 in Ilsenburg, Germany, descending from a family of scholars. |
 | | Dr Carus' passion and commitment to the quest for religious and spiritual understanding was illustrated by his lifelong dedication to providing an open forum for the ideas of such diverse scholars as Pierce, Russell, Mach, Dharmapala, Swami Vivekananda, Shuku Soyen, D.T. Suzuki, and thousands of other great thinkers. |
 | | The Carus family maintains the legacy of Paul Carus through Open Court Publishing, which specializes in scholarly and trade non-fiction, with an emphasis on philosophy, social issues, Eastern thought, education, psychology, Jungian analysis, and religion and science. |
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