Mortimer J. Adler Archive
Adler on Justice
The domain of justice is divided into two main spheres of interest. One is concerned with the justice of the individual in relation to...
Adler on Law
by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.
The word "law" in the vocabulary of religious Jews, Christians, and Muslims means the divinely ordained law of the Ten...
Philosophical Mistakes
by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.
This quote is from a chapter on Philosophy's Past from Dr. Adler's book "The Four Dimensions of Philosophy." Hopefully it...
The Importance of Philosophical Reflection — Mortimer J. Adler
MORTIMER J. ADLER
The knowledge we can derive from science and history, are limited to first-order knowledge by their investigative mode of inquiry. They are...
Why Philosophy is Everybody’s Business—Mortimer J. Adler
BY MORTIMER J. ADLER
One can be a generally educated human being without being knowledgeable in this or that specialized field of empirical science. Such...
Mortimer Adler: On Anarchy
BY MORTIMER J. ADLER
What most people have in mind when they use the word "anarchist" is the image of a bomb-throwing revolutionist. They do...
The Ethics of Enough
by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.
Who has not said or heard someone else say "Enough is enough"? The statement is a tautology and, as such,...
Intellectual Power
BY MORTIMER J. ADLER
The Aristotelian and Thomistic doctrine concerning the intellect asserts that the human intellect is an immaterial power, in contrast to...
The Morality of Love – How to Think About Love, Part 4
Max Weismann interviews Mortimer Adler
Part 4: The Morality of Love
Weismann: Now I would like us to move on to our last topic and consider...
How to Think About Love: Part 3 – Sexual Love
MAX WEISMAN INTERVIEWS MORTIMER ADLER
Part 3: Sexual Love
Weismann: But we also know that friendly love exists in the real world where it is often...
How to Think About Love: Part 2 – Love As Friendship
MAX WEISMAN INTERVIEWS MORTIMER ADLER
Part 2: Love as Friendship
Weismann: I would like now to develop a fuller understanding of this kind of love: love...
The Vicissitudes of Philosophy in Modern Times
BY MORTIMER J. ADLER, PH.D.
In each of the two historical epochs that we have so far surveyed -- antiquity and the Middle Ages --Â we...