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Tribute to Mortimer J. Adler |
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The tribute below was made by California Senator Barbara Boxer and placed in the Congressional Record of the United States. Congressional Record PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION VOL. 147 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001 No. 100 Senate TRIBUTE TO DR. MORTIMER ADLER Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I would like to pay tribute to a great American who passed away on June 28, at the age of 98 1/2 -- an American whose life spanned virtually the entire 20th century and whose work influenced the course of the century. Dr. Mortimer Jerome Adler, author, educator and philosopher was born in New York City and subsequently moved to California where he lived a great portion of his life. Mortimer Adler devoted his life to the pursuit of wisdom, understanding, truth and knowledge, and to sharing what he learned with others. After having read John Stuart Mill's Autobiography at age 14 and learning that Mill had read Plato by the time he was five, he hit the books and never looked back. A prolific writer, Adler authored well over 50 books, including How to Read a Book; The American Testament; The Common Sense of Politics; Aristotle for Everyone; Ten Philosophical Mistakes; and Art, the Arts and the Great Ideas. It is readily apparent, Mr. President, that his interests were wide ranging and extensive. As editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Adler was responsible for revamping the encyclopedia in the form we know it today. He was also editor of the 60 volume set, The Great Books of the Western World and was also instrumental in devising the Great Books reading program, a book discussion program with chapters throughout the United States in which participants read and discuss classic texts. A professor at several universities including Columbia University and the University of Chicago, Mortimer Adler was probably the only person in America to receive his PhD before receiving his high school diploma, bachelors or masters degrees. As part of his unending quest to reform the American education system, he wrote, on behalf of the Paideia Group, The Paideia Proposal, a book explaining how and why the education that the best receive should be the education that all receive. Known as "Everyone's Philosopher" or "the Philosopher of the Common Man", Mortimer Adler spent a lifetime demonstrating that philosophy was not a field only for some, but an endeavor for everyone. As the title of a journal that he published since the early 90's puts it succinctly, "Philosophy is Everybody's Business." He was also the founder of the Institute for Philosophical Research and was instrumental in founding the Aspen Institute, an organization which engages leaders in business, academia and politics in discussions of perennial ideas using classic texts to facilitate discussion. Only rarely does a person of Mortimer Adler's intellect and ability come along. We are fortunate that Professor Adler was with us for as long as he was. Memorial Service Remembrances Memorial Services Program Return to Anecdotes Main Page
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The Adler Archive Index |
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