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1	How to Read a Book more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Patrick Cullen (Read by) add to wishlist Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren's classic guide to enlightened reading. On everything from poetry and plays to science and philosophy, Adler and Van Doren teach general readers how to analyze a text, to appreciate its method and bias, and to come away with a full understanding of the author's point. see all copies from £2.10! new only from £2.10! \| first editions
2	Aristotle for Everybody more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since. Here, the 20th century's Mortimer J. Adler instructs the world in Aristotelian logic. By encouraging readers to think philosophically, Adler offers us a unique path to personal insights and understanding of ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £9.04!
3	The Great Ideas Today more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler (Editor), John Van Doren (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.99! new only from £10.59! \| first editions
4	Ten Philosophical Mistakes more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist For the first time in paperback, the illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time). see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	How to Speak How to Listen more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.60! \| first editions
6	Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Aims to communicate the "uncommon common sense" of Aristotelian logic, presenting his arguments in a contemporary style. The book thus encourages people to address such issues as the difference between wants and needs and the right way of living with new urgency, seriousness and insight. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Paideia Group add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £32.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Six Great Ideas: Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Liberty, Equality, Justice: Ideas We Judge By, Ideas We Act on more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist In SIX GREAT IDEAS Adler discusses the nature of what he considers to be the six ideas fundamental to the way that we judge and act: truth, beauty, goodness, liberty, equality, and justice. In doing so, he has created an accessible introduction to philosophical thinking. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	How to Think about the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Max Weismann (Editor) add to wishlist Philosophy of everybody's business. As human beings, we all have the ability, and even the proclivity, to philosophize. We all engage in philosphical thought in the course of our daily live. What is philosophy? Why is it important? The importance of philosophy can be summed up in two words: Great Ideas. Great Ideas are the ideas that have been ... see all copies from £10.60! new only from £13.34! \| first editions
10	We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Adler explores the significant passages of what he calls "the American Testament"--the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address--and brings them alive, explaining what they mean to us now and what can be done in the future to improve the Constitution. see all copies from £3.06! new only from £9.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Paideia Proposal more books like this by Mortimer J Adler add to wishlist see all copies from £4.04! new only from £4.04!
12	The Paideia Program: An Educational Syllabus more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.28! \| first editions
13 view cover	Six Great Ideas more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist In SIX GREAT IDEAS Adler discusses the nature of what he considers to be the six ideas fundamental to the way that we judge and act: truth, beauty, goodness, liberty, equality, and justice. In doing so, he has created an accessible introduction to philosophical thinking. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Van Doren add to wishlist Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren's classic guide to enlightened reading. On everything from poetry and plays to science and philosophy, Adler and Van Doren teach general readers how to analyze a text, to appreciate its method and bias, and to come away with a full understanding of the author's point. see all copies from £7.35! new only from £10.60!
15 view cover	The Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist In SIX GREAT IDEAS Adler discusses the nature of what he considers to be the six ideas fundamental to the way that we judge and act: truth, beauty, goodness, liberty, equality, and justice. In doing so, he has created an accessible introduction to philosophical thinking. see all copies from £12.29! new only from £44.24! \| first editions
16	Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements and Comments on Man and His Institutions by Great Thinkers in Western History more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Van Doren add to wishlist Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics. see all copies from £11.84! new only from £32.40! \| first editions
17 view cover	How to Think about God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Dr. Adler extends and modernizes the argument for the existence of God developed by Aristotle and Aquinas without relying on faith, mysticism, or science. Instead, he uses a rationalist argument to lead the reader to a point where he or she can see that the existence of God is not necessarily dependent upon a suspension of disbelief. Lightning ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Addler addresses the controversy of what should be taught in our schools. He suggests that is should serve and be made available to all. He begins with a stinging critique of Allan Bloom and offers his advice for the best education. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £15.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Some Questions about Language: A Theory of Human Discourse and Its Objects more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist How do meaningless marks and sounds become the meaningful words of a natural language? What is the meaning of words that do not have referential significance? Can ordinary language really do what it appears to do, or is this an illusion? In this work, Dr Adler argues that these fundamental questions are not satisfactorily handled in the two main ... see all copies from £6.41! new only from £8.72! \| first editions
20 view cover	Paideia Problems and Possibilities more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The difference of man and the difference it makes more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist In this work, Adler explores how human beings differ from all other things in the universe. He brings to bear both philosophical insight and informed scientific hypotheses concerning the biological and behavioural characteristics of humankind. Rapid advances in science and technology, and the abstract concepts of that influence on man and human ... see all copies from £7.45! new only from £8.03! \| first editions
22 view cover	Haves Without Have-Nots: Essays for the 21st Century on Democracy and Socialism more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Mortimer J. Adler's Haves Without Have-Nots is a compilation of six essays revolving around a unifying theme: the convergence of capitalism and socialism in a politically and economically democratic world society, the likes of which has never been seen until now, as the 20th century draws to a close. see all copies from £4.99! new only from £16.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Betsy Radin (Editor) add to wishlist Covering a variety of philosophical disciplines, this text provides definitions of such key terms as chance, choice, duty, good and evil, honour, human nature, memory, time, soul, and will, and sheds light on how they have been interpreted, used, or abused in both scholarly and common discourse. see all copies from £5.01! new only from £7.74! \| first editions
24	The Negro in American History more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! first editions
25	The Great ideas program. more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Peter Wolff, Seymour Cain add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! first editions

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