The Mortimer J. Adler Archive December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001 For more information about Dr. Adler and his discussion of The Great Ideas, visit... The Center for the Study of The Great Ideas "The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as better or worse, derives from our conception of the good life for man on earth, and from our conviction that, given certain external conditions, it is possible for men to make good lives for themselves by their own efforts." Mortimer J. Adler A Short Biography of Dr. AdlerA Bibliography of Work by Dr. Adler Photo GalleryAdler AnecdotesThe Paideia Program Audio and Video Cassettes & Discs The Adler Archive GuestbookThe Adler Archive FAQs Dr. Adler's Briefing Room Brief remarks by Dr. Adler on various topics and responses to questions that he has been asked. Also includes Dr. Adler's insights into the nature of things. Great Ideas from The Great Books Dr. Adler answers submitted questions with help from The Great Books of the Western World. Books by Dr. Adler Books by Dr. Adler that you can order through The Radical Academy Bookstore. Book Review by Max Weismann A review of Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon. Essays and Discussions by Dr. Adler Currently on this Website

Philosophy in General Why Philosophy is Everybody's Business Philosophy and the Good Life With Respect to Philosophy The Philosopher Philosophy's Past About Philosophy in Relation to Common Sense Little Errors in the Beginning What is an Idea? The Great Idea of Dialectic The Truth and the Good - Is and Ought Some Questions About Language The Basic Difference Between Science and Philosophy Modern Science and Ancient Wisdom How to Think About Love - Part 1 - The Kinds of Love How to Think About Love - Part 2 - Love as Friendship How to Think About Love - Part 3 - Sexual Love How to Think About Love - Part 4 - The Morality of Love The Questions Science Cannot Answer The Misfortunes of Philosophy in Antiquity The Disorders of Philosophy in the Middle Ages The Vicissitudes of Philosophy in Modern Times Philosophy's Future Controversy in the Life and Teaching of Philosophy The Bodyguards of Truth The Confusion of the Animalists The Human Equation in Dialectic Ideas of Relevance to Law Truth, Descriptive and Prescriptive The Sovereignty of Justice Moral Philosophy and Ethics The Great Idea of Happiness Aristotle's Ethics: The Theory of Happiness I Aristotle's Ethics: The Theory of Happiness II The Ethics of Common Sense: The Only Moral Philosophy That Is Sound, Practical, and Undogmatic On Moral Philosophy The Ethics of Enough Does the End Justify the Means? On the Mistake of Giving Primacy of the Right Over the Good Habits, Good and Bad Medicine and Morals On Romantic Love On The Relativity of Values The Nature of Natural Law A Dialectic of Morals: Part 1 - Introduction, The Dialectical Task A Dialectic of Morals: Part 2 - Preference and Pleasure, Induction of a Principle A Dialectic of Morals: Part 3 - Pleasure and the Order of Goods A Dialectic of Morals: Part 4 - The Order of Goods and Happiness A Dialectic of Morals: Part 5 - Psychological Presuppositions: Limitations of the Dialectic Love as an Object of Right Desire Why Strength of Character is Needed to Lead a Good LIfe Virtue as an End and as a Means Virtue and the Pursuit of Happiness Habits of Mind and Character Is Anyone Ever Perfectly Virtuous or Completely Happy? How Can One Individual Help Another To Become Morally Virtuous? Natural Needs = Natural Rights Obligations to Self and to Others Comments on the "Naturalistic Fallacy" On the Golden Rule How Can I Make a Good Life for Myself? Ethics: Fourth Century B.C. and Twentieth Century A.D. The End We Seek Can Be Ultimate Without Being Terminal Memorial Service & Remembrances Memorial Service Program Recollections at Dr. Adler's Memorial Service Tribute in the Congressional Record Adler on Freedom, by Ralph McInerny, Ph.D. Memento Mortimer, by Ralph McInerny, Ph.D. His Life a Reminder of Our Humanity, by Terry Roberts Dr. Mortimer J. Adler: Thank You, by Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D. Many of Dr. Adler's out-of-print books are still available. Use the search engine below and the keywords "Mortimer Adler" to access these resources. Search: Books Keywords: Special Feature Dear Doctor: The delightful story of how Mortimer Adler got his Ph.D. -- In his own words Metaphysics and Epistemology Knowledge and Opinion Tests of Truth in Philosophy Appearance and Reality: A Tale of Two Tables and a Chair (A Philosophical Problem Concerning Human Existence with a Solution by Mortimer Adler - Part One Appearance and Reality: A Tale of Two Tables and a Chair (A Philosophical Problem Concerning Human Existence with a Solution by Mortimer Adler - Part Two The Nature of Man - Part One - Human Nature The Nature of Man - Part Two - Human Nurture Is Intellect Immaterial? The Great Idea of Truth The Question About Man Aristotle's Conception of Practical Truth and the Consequences of that Conception Sense Cognition: Aristotle vs. Aquinas Human Nature, Nurture and Culture Political Philosophy Some Thoughts on Justice The Good Life and the Good Society Preface to The Capitalist Manifesto The Common Sense of Politics State and Society On Law: Are You a Naturalist or a Positivist? On Inalienable Rights (and comments on capital punishment) Understanding the U.S.A. The American Testament Every Citizen - Young and Old The Democratic Revolution How to Think about War and Peace Are There Criteria by Which We Can Judge Our Century and Our Society? The Necessity of Government We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution Preliminary Draft of a World Constitution World Peace in Truth Six Amendment to the Constitution The Future of Democracy: A Swan Song Thinking Straight on War and Peace The Making of World Government: A radio discussion with Mortimer Adler, G. A. Borgese and Rexford Tugwell [Political] Parties and the Common Good Robert Bork: The Lessons to be Learned Equality and Inequality Human Equality Part I: The Dimensions of Equality Part II: The Equalities to Which We Are Entitled Part III: The Inequalities That Justice Also Requires Philosophy of Religion The Great Idea of God Natural Theology, Chance, and God (Part 1) Natural Theology, Chance, and God (Part 2) Concerning God, Modern Man, and Religion Aesthetics The Idea of Beauty On Art Some Thoughts on Beauty Criticism and Taste: As Applicable to Motion Pictures Differences in Taste On The Great Books Why Read Great Books? Good Books vs Great Books The Syntopicon as an Instrument of Liberal Education - A The Syntopicon as an Instrument of Liberal Education - B Two Approaches to the Authors of the Great Books The Great Books of 2066 On Reading Hard Reading Made Easy How to Read a Book Superficially How to Read a Difficult Book How to Mark a Book How to Read a Dictionary How to Keep Awake While Reading Reading as Learning by Discovery A Meeting of Minds A Lesson in Criticism: Four questions to ask yourself when you are making up your mind about a book Practical Advice Success Means Never Feeling Tired: Psychological fatigue is an early-warning system: something is wrong. It can be cured -- but not by resting Idling: Why it is so Important Not to be Busy all the Time Some Rules for Good Conversation How to Answer Questions The Use of Free Time Capsule Comment Max Weismann and Mortimer Adler on Natural & Civil Rights Interviews Dick Cavett Interviews Dr. Mortimer J. Adler on Television (1978) William F. Buckley interviews Dr. Adler on "Firing Line." Topic is "What is Intellect?" A Mike Wallace Interview with Mortimer Adler U.S. News & World Report Interviews Dr. Mortimer J. Adler on the Education of Children Dr. Mortimer J. Adler on What every person "needs" in order to live a whole good life (happiness) Ten Rules and Recommendations for Achieving Both Success and Happiness The Social Scientist's Misconception of Science The Dignity of Man and the 21st Century The Parts of Life A Catechism for Our Times Education The Foundations of the Philosophy of Education The Deterioration of American Education The Moral and Educational Revolution That Is Needed What Every Schoolboy Doesn't Know Teaching and Learning Doctor and Disciple: The Social Responsibilities of the Teacher The Crisis in Contemporary Education This Prewar Generation God and the Professors Tradition and Novelty in Education The Neglect of the Intellect: Sloth Reforming Education - No Quick Fix Only Adults Can Be Educated The Joy of Learning Our Goal for the Next Century: A Moral and an Educational Revolution Critical Thinking Programs: Why They Won't Work Schooling is Not Enough A Moral and an Educational Revolution Teaching, Learning, and Their Counterfeits The Great Books, the Great Ideas, and a Lifetime of Learning Phony Tolerance Mortimer Adler on Multiculturalism - Part I: Introduction Mortimer Adler on Multiculturalism - Part II: Instructional Aims The Art of Teaching General Education vs. Vocational Education A Christian Educator Can Adults Think? Revive the Classics Freedom Through Discipline: Elective System Defeats Purpose of Liberal Education the professor or THE DIALOGUE? Every Executive a Generalist First and a Specialist Second One of Dr. Adler's Classic Works How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, by Mortimer J. Adler Adler on Salesmanship The Art of Persuasion - I The Art of Persuasion - II The Art of Persuasion - III The Ideas of Work and Leisure Part 1 - - (Introduction; The Six Parts of Life) Part 2 - - (Categorizing Human Activities; Sleep or Sleeping; Work or Working that is Toil or Labor; Work or Working that is Leisuring Rather than Toiling; Playing or Amusing One's Self) Part 3 - - (Is a Particular Activity Sleep, Toil, Leisure, Play, or Some Mixture of These?) Part 4 - - (The Spectrum of Work, Compensated and Uncompensated; Idling and Rest) Part 5 - - (The Options Open to Us for the Use of Our Free Time) Never Say "Retire" What Should One Do About Learning a Living? Miscellaneous The Best and Worst of Times Computers and Robots: On the Promise and the Problem to be Solved The Challenge of the Computer Among All the Arts, Three Stand Out from All the Rest A Twentieth-Century Delusion Manifesto of the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas That Campbell Fellow Love in Relation to Needing, Wanting, and Liking Parenting: The Toughest Job On Earth On Growing Older With Pleasure and Profit Constributions of the West Challenges of Philosophies in Communication Academy Showcase Specials Dr. Adler's essays, discussions, and other items are copyrighted material. They are reproduced here by permission of Mortimer J. Adler, Max Weismann, and the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas. The Center for the Study of The Great Ideas is a non-profit educational organization based in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Mortimer J. Adler and Max Weismann, Founders. 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