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The '''''Nordan Symposia''''' is inspired by the capacity demonstrated by persons in every [[time]] and place when they serve as host to that unique [[wonder]] leading all to examine more deeply what it [[meaning|means]] to live as a [[human being]]. While such questions, along with any ensuing [[dialogue]], may become enshrined in the celebrated literature of any civilization acting then as inspiration to further study, too often these can be found serving illusions of [[power]] wearing but '[[authoritative]]' answers more than representing genuine [[authority]] that illumines the need for deeper [[inquiry]].  

The '''''Nordan Symposia''''' is inspired by the capacity demonstrated by persons in every [[time]] and place when they serve as host to that unique [[wonder]] leading all to examine more deeply what it [[meaning|means]] to live as a [[human being]]. While such questions, along with any ensuing [[dialogue]], may become enshrined in the celebrated literature of any civilization acting then as inspiration to further study, too often these can be found serving [[illusion]]s of [[power]] wearing but '[[authoritative]]' answers more than representing genuine [[authority]] that illumines the need for deeper [[inquiry]].  

To mitigate this tendency implicit in [[cultural formation]], the [[Nordan]] Symposia eschews presumptions upon authority even as its participants seek to identify, incorporate, and integrate what are found to be the most helpful resources freely available throughout this world that is slowly becoming a real [[cosmopolis]]. Through such means as this [[Open Source]] platform, it is hoped that the common threads of inquiry woven through every field of human endeavor might become more vivid and seen as they are in [[truth]], meaningfully related to the enduring question of "who are we" to have taken upon ourselves the name - [[Human|homo sapiens]] ?  

To mitigate this tendency implicit in [[cultural formation]], the [[Nordan]] Symposia eschews presumptions upon authority even as its participants seek to identify, incorporate, and integrate what are found to be the most helpful resources freely available throughout this world that is slowly becoming a real [[cosmopolis]]. Through such means as this [[Open Source]] platform, it is hoped that the common threads of inquiry woven through every field of human endeavor might become more vivid and seen as they are in [[truth]], meaningfully related to the enduring question of "who are we" to have taken upon ourselves the name - [[Human|homo sapiens]] ?