From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26516 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2023 01:55:17 -0000 Received: from smtp2.mta.ca (198.164.44.75) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Feb 2023 01:55:17 -0000 Received: from rr.mta.ca ([198.164.44.159]:41844) by smtp2.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1pQIc9-0001lz-DG; Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:54:13 -0400 Received: from majordomo by rr.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.92.1) (envelope-from ) id 1pQIbk-00072e-9p for categories-list@rr.mta.ca; Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:53:48 -0400 From: Ross Street To: Anders Kock CC: "categories@mta.ca list" Subject: categories: Re: Bill Lawvere Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 04:58:34 +0000 References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Ross Street Message-Id: Dear Anders Thank you for that tribute and interesting history particularly poignant on= Bill's birthday. On 9 Feb 2023, at 2:39 am, Anders Kock wrote: In my world picture, I felt that I had the privilege of seeing Category The= ory, as a subject in its own right, come into being. That reminds me, and perhaps I have mentioned this before? Sammy Eilenberg told me once that each category theorist must have a specia= l category on which they are expert. I told that to John Gray who said: Ross, the time has come for that categor= y to be Cat. John's graduate course on category theory was based on that philosophy, hea= vily influenced by Bill's LaJolla paper. Ross [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]