Saturday, July 21, 2007

Mortimer Adler (1902-2001)

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Quotation

In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

Books

Please browse our Amazon list of titles by or about Mortimer Jerome Adler. For rare and hard to find titles we recommend our Alibris list of titles by or about Mortimer Jerome Adler.

AlibrisResearch

COPAC UK: Mortimer Adler
Library of Canada: Mortimer Adler
Library of Congress: Mortimer Adler
Other Library Catalogs: Mortimer Adler

Biographical

Dr. Adler was Founder and Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Editor in Chief of the Great Books of the Western World and A Syntopicon: An Index to the Great Ideas, Editor of The Great Ideas Today (all published by Encyclopaedia Britannica), Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, past Instructor at Columbia University, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, Honorary Chairman and Co-Founder (with Max Weismann) of the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas and Editor in Chief of Philosophy is Everybody's Business. [Adapted from Centre for the Study of Great Ideas]

Books from Alibris: Mortimer Adler

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