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Title: How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization by Mortimer J. Adler ISBN: 0-8126-9412-0 Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great "Cliff Notes" version of Adler arguments
Comment: I found this book very helpful.
I was introduced to Adler's writing about a year ago and have read 4-5 of his books, his two autobiographies, and 30 or so of his papers through the TGI website with Max W.
This book is a great summary of basic ideas in very accessible manner, such as: definition of truth; the moral *obligation* not just the right, to be controversial; crystalization of Adler's arguments against Darwin of why man's mental capabiliteis are a difference in kind and not degree from apes and other animals, etc.
The consice presentation clarified earlier readings and more than made up for any shortcomings due to editoral sloppiness, lack of charts, and difficulty in general with transcripts of a TV show.
A good book for those just beginning their reading of Adler's summary and critique of philosophy and a good reference summary book for those well read with Adler's books.
Paul Baier
Boston, MA
Rating: 3
Summary: Basic introduction to some of Adler's Great Ideas.
Comment: Each chapter represents one program and most consist of a dialogue of sorts between Adler and Luckman, with Adler also answering viewer questions. But as it must already be clear what this book is, I will seek to establish why I gave it only three stars. Firstly, because Amazon does not permit assigning 3 and 1/2 stars. Second, that it is rather long considering how much there is to actually gain from it. The number of subjects that he attempts to cover reduces most of the discussions to a rather elementary introduction. This is good in the sense that it might whet the appetite, before you might get bored by a tedious analysis, but often you get a sense that Adler's final word is good enough before he moves on. Some of the brevity and incompleteness is a function of the presentation, and this limits how much you might actually gain in understanding the topics. The accurate presentation of dialogue adds nothing to the book. Probably it would be most interesting to those who are fond of Dr. Adler and like reading his other books. It is hard to recommend another book that would fulfill the same function that this one does, and this is the first of his that I've read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Enlightening history and nice reference
Comment: This work is a handy reference to which I refer often. Adler provides a very useful "history of ideas". Each section covers what the some of the greatest thinkers have said about a particular idea, ideas such as "justice", "knowledge", "truth","God", etc. This book is a must if one wants to get a quick "birds eye" view of ideas and what great thinkers have said about them, and provides a nice springboard and direction for further study.
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Title: How to Read a Book by Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler ISBN: 0671212095 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 1972 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: How to Speak, How to Listen by Mortimer Jerome Adler ISBN: 0684846470 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Six Great Ideas by Mortimer Jerome Adler ISBN: 068482681X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: TEN PHILOSOPHICAL MISTAKES by Mortimer J. Adler ISBN: 068481868X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOD by Mortimer J. Adler ISBN: 0020160224 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 16 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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