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The '''Nordan Symposia''' is inspired by the capacity demonstrated by persons of every [[time]] and place when they serve as host to the unique [[wonder]] that leads anyone to inquire more deeply into the nature of what it means to be [[human]]. While such questions, along with their ensuing [[dialogues]], may become enshrined in the celebrated literature of any civilization to hopefully act as inspiration to further inquiry, too often, these can be found serving as '[[authoritative]]' answers, binding shut the doors to what remains an [[open-ended]] process of discovery led from within each person.

The '''Nordan Symposia''' is inspired by the capacity demonstrated by persons of every [[time]] and place when they serve as host to the unique [[wonder]] that leads anyone to inquire more deeply into the nature of what it means to be [[human]]. While such questions, along with their ensuing [[dialogues]], may become enshrined in the celebrated literature of any civilization to hopefully act as inspiration to further inquiry, too often, these can be found serving as '[[authoritative]]' answers, binding shut the doors to what remains an [[open-ended]] process of discovery led from within each person.

To mitigate the inevitable tendency implicit in cultural formation, the [[Nordan]] Symposia eschews presumptions upon authority even as its participants seek to identify, incorporate, and integrate the most helpful resources freely available throughout this world that is becoming a real [[cosmopolis]]. Through the means of this [[Open Source]] platform, it is hoped that the common threads of inquiry woven into every field of human endeavor might become more vivid and seen as they are in truth, related in the most meaningful way to the primary question of who are we that might justify the use of our generic name - [[homo sapiens]]?   

To mitigate the inevitable tendency implicit in cultural formation, the [[Nordan]] Symposia eschews presumptions upon authority even as its participants seek to identify, incorporate, and integrate the most helpful resources freely available throughout this world that is becoming a real [[cosmopolis]]. Through the means of this [[Open Source]] platform, it is hoped that the common threads of inquiry woven into every field of human endeavor might become more vivid and seen as they are in truth, related in the most meaningful way to the primary question of who are we that might justify the use of our name - [[homo sapiens]] (wise man)?   

One result of our shared discovery in this [[Symposia]] is the '''''[[Nordan Corpora]]''''' that is composed of a Primary and Secondary [[Corpus]] derived from the editorial work conducted within ''[[The Daynal Scriptorium]]'' [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/forum/]. The [[Scriptorium]] is a workspace serving here as a virtual counterpart to the [[dialogue]] transpiring beyond any observable range as well as the more familiar methods of everyday 'matter of fact'. Otherwise, the [[Primary Corpus]] contains work attributed to [[divine]] sources while the [[Secondary Corpus]] features work of [[human]] origin.  

One result of our shared discovery in this [[Symposia]] is the '''''[[Nordan Corpora]]''''' that is composed of a Primary and Secondary [[Corpus]] derived from the editorial work conducted within ''[[The Daynal Scriptorium]]'' [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/forum/]. The [[Scriptorium]] is a workspace serving here as a virtual counterpart to the [[dialogue]] transpiring beyond any observable range as well as the more familiar methods of everyday 'matter of fact'. Otherwise, the [[Primary Corpus]] contains work attributed to [[divine]] sources while the [[Secondary Corpus]] features work of [[human]] origin.