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Dialogue and Universalism, the Journal of the International Society for Uni-versal Dialogue, is especially pleased to present these papers authored by mem-bers of the International Society for Universal Dialogue. With this and future issues we honor our 26 year partnership with ISUD; a partnership founded by common roots and our shared history and vision of promoting universal dia-logue. We are displaying the first volume of the papers presented at the 10th World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue, held in Craiova, Romania in 2014; its theme was: THE HUMAN BEING. ITS NATURE AND FUNCTION. This is an impressive body of intellectual work—a result of the broad and diverse interests, competencies, and passions of the authors. These engaging papers demonstrate the dynamics and intellectual force of the International Society for Universal Dialogue. The amazing spirit of intellectual inquiry in these papers reflects a deep con-cern with human fate and existence—grasped from a highly abstracted, typical-ly philosophical perspective in which the things reveal themselves as they really are—in their essences. We hope our readers will enjoy the contents.