Mortimor Adler
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[edit] General Information
Name: Mortimer AdlerPen Name: None
Genre: Non-Fiction
Born: December 28, 1902 in New York, New York
Died: June 28, 2001 in Palo Alto
[edit] Illinois Connection
- Worked in Chicago from 1923 through 1952.
- Adler was the first "non-lawyer" to join the Chicago law school faculty, as a professor of the philosophy of law
- Studied philosophy at Columbia University in Chicago, Illinois
[edit] Biographical and Professional Information
Mortimer Adler was an American philosopher known for his book-length essays about reading, language, thought and knowledge. He was born in New York City and currently lives in Chicago. After studying and teaching in New York in the 1920's, he was a professor at the University of Chicago. During his life, he has been an editor, author and essayist. He was the Director for the Institute for Philosophical Research and the Chariman of the Board of Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, both in Chicago.
[edit] Published Works
- The Common Sense of Politics, Fordham University Press, 1996
- Adler`s Philosophical Dictionary, Scribner, 1995
- Art, The Arts and Great Ideas, Macmillan, 1994
- The Four Dimentions of Philosophy Methaphysical, Moral, Objective Categorical, Macmillan, 1993
- Desires, Right & Wrong The Ethics of Enough, Macmillan, 1991
- Reforming Education The Opening of the American Mind, Macmillan, 1989
- We Hold These Truths Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution, Macmillan, 1987
- Ten Philosophical Mistakes, Macmillan, 1985
- Six Great Ideas, Macmillan, 1981
- The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes, Holt, 1967
- The Capitalist Manifesto, 1958 with Louis B. Kelso
- How to Read A Book, 1940
- The Philosophy and Science of Man, 1940
[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library
 | How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)ISBN: 0671212095 Release Date: 1972-08-15 |
Aristotle for EverybodyISBN: 0553267760 Release Date: 1983-08-01 |
 | Paideia ProgramISBN: 0020130406 Release Date: 1984-11-01 |
 | How to Speak How to ListenISBN: 0684846470 Release Date: 1997-04-01 |
 | Six Great IdeasISBN: 068482681X Release Date: 1997-12-01 |
 | Ten Philosophical MistakesISBN: 068481868X Release Date: 1997-04-01 |
 | How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western CivilizationISBN: 0812694120 Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
Great Books Of the Western WorldISBN: B003N5E1YK Release Date: 1992-01-01 |
 | How to Think About War and PeaceISBN: 0823216438 Release Date: 1995-01-01 |
 | The Difference of Man and the Difference It MakesISBN: 0823215342 Release Date: 1993-01-01 |
| | How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)ISBN: 0671212095 Release Date: 1972-08-15 |
Aristotle for EverybodyISBN: 0553267760 Release Date: 1983-08-01 |
| | Paideia ProgramISBN: 0020130406 Release Date: 1984-11-01 |
| | How to Speak How to ListenISBN: 0684846470 Release Date: 1997-04-01 |
| | Six Great IdeasISBN: 068482681X Release Date: 1997-12-01 |
| | Ten Philosophical MistakesISBN: 068481868X Release Date: 1997-04-01 |
| | How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western CivilizationISBN: 0812694120 Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
Great Books Of the Western WorldISBN: B003N5E1YK Release Date: 1992-01-01 |
| | How to Think About War and PeaceISBN: 0823216438 Release Date: 1995-01-01 |
| | The Difference of Man and the Difference It MakesISBN: 0823215342 Release Date: 1993-01-01 |
| | How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)ISBN: 0671212095 Release Date: 1972-08-15 |
Aristotle for EverybodyISBN: 0553267760 Release Date: 1983-08-01 |
| | Paideia ProgramISBN: 0020130406 Release Date: 1984-11-01 |
| | How to Speak How to ListenISBN: 0684846470 Release Date: 1997-04-01 |
| | Six Great IdeasISBN: 068482681X Release Date: 1997-12-01 |
| | Ten Philosophical MistakesISBN: 068481868X Release Date: 1997-04-01 |
| | How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western CivilizationISBN: 0812694120 Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
Great Books Of the Western WorldISBN: B003N5E1YK Release Date: 1992-01-01 |
| | How to Think About War and PeaceISBN: 0823216438 Release Date: 1995-01-01 |
| | The Difference of Man and the Difference It MakesISBN: 0823215342 Release Date: 1993-01-01 |
[edit] Literary Awards
- Aquinas Medal from the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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