Dr. Paul Carus
Editor, Open Court Publishing
German-American philosopher. Hired in 1887 as Open Court's first editor and married Edward Hegeler's daughter Mary the next year — they had seven children. Wrote seventy-five books and roughly fifteen hundred articles. Credited with introducing Buddhism to the Western world through The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records. Brought D.T. Suzuki — later the most influential Zen scholar of the 20th century — to LaSalle for eleven years. His correspondents and Open Court contributors included Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Leo Tolstoy, Bertrand Russell, F. Max Müller, and Gottlob Frege.
Hegeler Carus Mansion. Her husband Paul Carus ran Open Court Publishing from the first floor for thirty-two years and brought D.T.
Civic · Religion · LaSalle · 1850–1900
Hegeler Carus Mansion
Where Zen Buddhism arrived in America
1307 Seventh Street, LaSalle, IL