(
1902-
2001)
Philosopher, prolific author, and lecturer on
philosophy in all aspects. Adler's command of philosophy, modern and ancient, and rock-solid exposition techniques in his writing place him at the top of my recommended non-fiction list.
Bibliography:
- A Guidebook to Learning: For the Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom
- A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher at Large
- Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon
- Aristotle for Everybody : Difficult Thought Made Easy
- Art and Prudence
- Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas
- Crime Law and Social Science
- Desires, Right and Wrong : The Ethics of Enough
- Freedom: A Study of the Development of the Concept in the English and American Traditions of Philosophy
- Freedom of Choice
- Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western History
- Haves Without Have-Nots : Essays for the 21st Century on Democracy and Socialism
- How to Read a Book
- How to Speak, How to Listen
- How to Think about God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan
- How to Think About the Great Ideas : From the Great Books of Western Civilization
- How to Think About War and Peace
- Intellect: Mind over Matter
- Paideia Problems and Possibilities
- Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto
- Philosopher at Large: An Intellectual Autobiography
- Platonism & Positivism in Psychology
- Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind
- Saint Thomas and the Gentiles (Aquinas Lecture 2)
- Six Great Ideas: Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Justice, Equality, Liberty: Ideas We Judge By, Ideas We Act on
- Some Questions About Language: A Theory of Human Discourse and Its Objects
- Ten Philosophical Mistakes
- The American Testament: For the Institute for Philosophical Research and the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
- The Angels and Us
- The Common Sense of Politics
- The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes
- The Four Dimensions of Philosophy : Metaphysical, Moral, Objective, Categorical
- The Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought
- The Great Ideas: A Retropective
- The Great Ideas Today 1995
- The Humanities Today
- The Idea of Freedom
- The Paideia Program: An Educational Syllabus
- The Sciences Today
- The Time of Our Lives: The Ethics of Common Sense
- Truth in Religion: The Plurality of Religions and the Unity of Truth : An Essay in the Philosophy of Religion
- Vision of the Future: Twelve Ideas for a Better Life and a Better Society
- We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution
- World of the Talmud