Philosopher, born in Ilsenburg, Germany. Emigrating to the USA in the early 1880s because of his liberal views, he preached reverence for science and espoused a monistic philosophy with pantheistic overtones in such works as Philosophy as a Science (1909). A prolific writer, he also helped found two important journals, The Open Court (1887) and the Monist (1890), and was director of the Open Court publishing company in Chicago.
Paul Carus, Ph. Afterward he emigrated to the United States and established himself in Chicago, where he became editor of the Open Court and The Monist.
The eclectic Paul Carus is immortalized by the Carus Foundation, the Carus Lectures, and the American Philosophical Association.
His publications include:
The Soul of Man, (1891) Monism: Its Scope and Import, (1891) Religion of Science, (1893) The Gospel of Buddha, (1894) ISBN 0-87548-228-7 The History of the Devil, (1900) The Surd of Metaphysics, (1903) The Story of Samson, (1907) Foundations of Mathematics, (1908) God, (1908) Pleroma, (1909) The Philosophy of Form, (1911) The Mechanistic Principle and the Non-Mechanical, (1913) The Principle of Relativity In the Light of the Philosophy of Modern Science, (1913) Nietzsche and Other Exponents of Individualism, (1914)
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