20th century, American philosopher, worked at the University of Chicago with the legendary president, Robert Hutchins. Known for his efforts to revolutionize education. Author of "How to Read a Book" and editor of the multi-volumed "Great Books of Western Civilization" and its associated "Syntopicon."
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- Center for the Study of the Great Ideas Founded by Mortimer Adler and Max Weismann. Dedicated to the proposition that "Philosophy is everybody's business."
- The Question About Man First chapter of Mortimer Adler's book "The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes" (1967).
- Sense Cognition: Aristotle vs. Aquinas An article by Mortimer J. Adler. Appeared in "The New Scholasticism" 42 (Autumn 1968): 578-591.
- God and the Professors Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion (1941).
- The Crisis in Contemporary Education An article by Mortimer J. Adler. Published in "The Social Frontier," February, 1939, Vol. V, No. 42, pp. 140-145.