"I am not a common atheist; I am an atheist who loves God."Paul Carus, "The God of Science," 1904
In 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 social and political issues. The Royal...
"I am not a common atheist; I am an atheist who loves God."Paul Carus, "The God of Science," 1904
In the summer of 1880, while teaching at the mi...
From the Introduction: "This book indexes all the persons, places, businesses, and institutions named in the earliest court records of La Porte County, Indiana, including more than 800 distinct surnames. The three handwritten books begin in 1833 - the 'minute record' of court procedures and rulings; the 'complete record' of cases that went to trial; and the 'judgment docket' of payments made." "The legal proceedings recorded in the books and indexed here describe fights, liquor sales, gambling parties, road building, timber cutting, slander, divorce, death, murder, and - above all - debt and...
From the Introduction: "This book indexes all the persons, places, businesses, and institutions named in the earliest court records of La Porte County...
