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Mortimer J. Adler

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Gender Male
Death22 years ago
Date of birth December 28,1902
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born New York City
New York
United States
Date of died June 28,2001
DiedSan Mateo
California
United States
SpouseCaroline Pring
Job Philosopher
Writer
Education Columbia College
Columbia University
SchoolAristotelianism
Parents Ignatz Adler
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How to Read a Book
A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas
Aristotle for Everybody
Six great ideas
The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto
Ten philosophical mistakes
How to speak, how to listen
How to think about God
How to think about the great ideas
The difference of man and the difference it makes
The Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought
We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution
The time of our lives; the ethics of common sense
The angels and us
Reforming education
How to think about war and peace
A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher at Large
Truth in religion
Adler's philosophical dictionary
Platonism & positivism in psychology
Great ideas from the great books
A dialectic of morals
The common sense of politics
The idea of freedom
Desires, right & wrong
INTELLECT MIND OVER MATTER
The four dimensions of philosophy
Art and Prudence: A Study in Practical Philosophy
The revolution in education
The Conditions of Philosophy
A vision of the future
Some questions about language
A guidebook to learning
How to Prove There Is a God: Mortimer J. Adler's Writings and Thoughts About God
Paideia Problems and Possibilities
Haves without have-nots
The New Capitalists: A Proposal to Free Economic Growth from the Slavery of Savings
Art, the arts, and the great ideas
Dialectic
Saint Thomas and the gentiles
Micropædia
The Difference
The American Testament: For the Institute for Philosophical Research and the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
The Revolutionary Years: Britannica's Book of the American Revolution
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Mortimer J. Adler Life story


Mortimer Jerome Adler was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He lived for long stretches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and San Mateo, California.

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