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Paul and MalY Hegeler Carus at the time of their marriage in 1888. (Courtesy Alwin C. Carus.) Edward Carl Hegeler (1835-1910),who founded The Open Court journal and the publishing company of the same name in 1887 to propagate his views on philosophy, ethics, science, and religion. (Courtesy Alwin C. Carus.) The Edward C. Hegeler house in La Salle, Illinois, designed by Chicago architect W. W. Boyington in 1874. The first floor of the house was the center of Open Court's editorial work. [44.204.218.79] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 17:27 GMT) The Open Court. A FORTNIGHTLY JOURNAL, DE.VOT£D To TUB \VORK OP ESTA8LISIU'SC ETIIlCS AXD RsuOioS UPO!'l A SCIENTIFIC BASIS. Vo.... J. No. I. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY I;, 1887. CO TENTS: sraCJ.\L COSTRSRUTIOXS. , ..... Soocirty nJ 'M JIlld.IM_L \\'lDoj. Po«.c:r••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• f 'rMXoN£Xl"l'C'I'IlIoaPt~tltID. TbaIbu i>ot.rldIOn. ••.•• •...•••• J K.tUlftll~. \\~. D. GoftftUo......................................... -4 t.:.~ V~. Fre4erick lb.,. 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BY ALFRED BINET, ON THIt MATItRIAL RItLATIONS OF SItX IN HUNAN SOClltTY. BY Paol'. E. D. COPE, filt ANALYSIS 01' THE SItNSATION_ANTllfItTAPHYSICAL. n PROtt. ERNST MACH, TIlIt OalGIN or MIND. BY DR. PAUL CARUS, THt MAGIC MIRROR. BY MAX DESSOIR, HllrFDUlO ON THt RtLATION OF TBt MWD TO THt BODY. BY W. M. SALTER, LITItItARy CoRRItSPONDZNCB--FIUoNCE. BY LUCIEN ARREAT. Boox RItVlltwa, PHILOSOPHY IN AMERICAN CoLLaoZS AND UNIVItItSlTlItS, PtIUODICALS. CHICAGO: .,ACa. 118 I~ 139-1.7 148-156 157-160 THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO. .......1F lallNdpUo.. ,I.". The premier issue ofThe Monist, October 1890. (Courtesy Open Court Publishing Company.) [44.204.218.79] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 17:27 GMT) One of the sessions of the World's Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago during the World's Fah~ 1893; delegates from many religions and nations are shown seated on the stage. It was through contacts at the parliament with representatives of Eastern religions that Carus became deeply interested in Buddhism. He later published many commentaries on and translations of classic Eastern religious texts. His own compilation , The Gospel of Buddha, became one of Open Court's best-sellers. (Courtesy Open Court Publishing Company archives, Special Collections , Morris Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.) D. T. Suzuki (1870-1966), a prominent scholar ofZen Buddhism, with one ofCarus's children. Suzuki spent eleven years ofhis remarkable career at Open Court Publishing Company (1897- 1908). He was introduced to Carus by his teachel~ Shaku So),en, soon after the World's Parliament of Religions. Suzuki's first book was published by Open Court in 1908. (Courtesy Open Court Publishing Company archives, Special Coliections , Morris Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.) Ernst Mach (1838-1916), a distinguished Austrian physicist, psychologist , and philosopher. Carus published translations of many of Mach's works, both as articles and as books. (Courtesy Open Court Publishing Company archives, Special Collections, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.) Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), founder of the American school of pragmatism . His five-part series ofarticles published in the early issues ofThe Monist offered his definitive philosophical articulation ofan evolutionary cosmology...