Author : Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Great books of the Western world
ISBN : 9780684859217
Previously published: New York : Macmillan, 1992.
Author : Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,64 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Anthologies
ISBN : 9780025005730
More than a thousand pages, containing more than half a million words on what has definedction of essays--never before available except as a part of the Great Books series--is now presented in a beautifully produced hardcover edition.
Author : Alex Beam
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 21,99 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1458758575
Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial ''dead white men,'' are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s, they were a pop culture phenomenon. The Great Books of Western Civilization, fifty-four volumes chosen by intellectuals at the University of Chicago, began as an educational movement, and evolved into a successful marketing idea. Why did a million American households buy books by Hippocrates and Nicomachus from door-to-door salesmen? And how and why did the great books fall out of fashion? In A Great Idea at the Time Alex Beam explores the Great Books mania, in an entertaining and strangely poignant portrait of American popular culture on the threshold of the television age. Populated with memorable characters, A Great Idea at the Time will leave readers asking themselves: Have I read Lucretius's De Rerum Natura lately? If not, why not?
Author : Mortimer Adler
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 081269693X
Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a "philosopher for everyman." In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all men and women ponder in the course of life, such as "What is love?", "How do we decide the right thing to do?", and, "What does it mean to be good?" Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Western literature, history, and philosophy, the author considers what is meant by democracy, law, emotion, language, truth, and other abstract concepts in light of more than two millennia of Western civilization and discourse. Adler's essays offer a remarkable and contemplative distillation of the Great Ideas of Western Thought.
Author : Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher :
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Great books of the Western World
ISBN :
Author : T. Lacy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 1137042621
This book presents a moderately revisionist history of the great books idea anchored in the following movements and struggles: fighting anti-intellectualism, advocating for the liberal arts, distributing cultural capital, and promoting a public philosophy, anchored in mid-century liberalism, that fostered a shared civic culture.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Books
ISBN :
Author : Robert Maynard Hutchins
Publisher :
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Revolutions
ISBN : 9780852291504
Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Literature
ISBN :
Author : Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 1997-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1439105065
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 in our everyday lives. It teaches how they came about, how to avoid them, and how to counter their negative effects.
