Mortimer J. Adler

How to Read a Book

by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been...

How to Speak How to Listen

by Mortimer J. Adler

Practical information for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.

Drawing on decades of experience as educator and philosopher, Mortimer J. Adler gives the listener a short course in effective communication...

Angels and Us

by Mortimer J. Adler

A wonderfully enlightening work on the affinities between angels and human beings.

Mortimer Adler has always been ahead of his time. In 1982, before the current revival of interest in angels, Dr. Adler published...

Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon

by Mortimer J. Adler

Stimulating, engaging, and organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format, Adler's Philosophical Dictionary is an ideal introduction to the history of the great ideas.

The terms and concepts that have simulated thinkers...

Ten Philosophical Mistakes

by Mortimer J. Adler

An illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time).

Ten Philosophical Mistakes examines ten errors in modern thought and shows how they have led to serious consequences...

How to Think About God

by Mortimer J. Adler

Dr. Adler, in his discussion, extends and modernizes the argument for the existence of God developed by Aristotle and Aquinas. Without relying on faith, mysticism, or science (none of which, according to Dr....

Six Great Ideas

by Mortimer J. Adler

This enlightening study is the result of group discussions at Dr. Adler's annual seminar in Aspen, Colorado, and conversations between Dr. Adler and Bill moyers filmed for public television.

Each summer, Mortimer...

Aristotle for Everybody

by Mortimer J. Adler

Adler instructs the world in the "uncommon common sense" of Aristotelian logic, presenting Aristotle's understandings in a current, delightfully lucid way.

Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander...

Paideia Proposal

by Mortimer J. Adler

The Paideia Proposal is a system of liberal education intended for all children. It was a response to what Adler characterized as the United States' antidemocratic or undemocratic educational system, a holdover...

Paideia Program

by Mortimer J. Adler

Paideia is a holistic approach to life-long learning with roots in ancient Greece.

The Paideia Program is based on the belief that the human species is defined by its capacity and desire for learning. The program...