Mortimer Adler

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American author educator human philosopher

Mortimer Adler was an American philosopher, educator, and popularizer of the Great Books movement, known for his work on liberal education and efforts to make philosophy accessible to the general public.

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instanceOf American ⓘ
author ⓘ
educator ⓘ
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philosopher ⓘ
coFounded Aspen Institute (trustee) ⓘ
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Great Books Foundation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-12-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-06-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
surface form: Columbia College

Columbia University ⓘ
employer Aspen Institute (trustee) ⓘ
surface form: Aspen Institute

Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Institute for Philosophical Research ⓘ
University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Adler ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
liberal education ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
fullName Mortimer Adler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mortimer Jerome Adler
givenName Mortimer ⓘ
influenced Great Books Program ⓘ
surface form: Great Books movement in the United States

liberal education in the 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
John Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
knownFor making philosophy accessible to the general public ⓘ
popularizing the Great Books of the Western World ⓘ
promoting liberal education ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement Great Books Program ⓘ
surface form: Great Books movement
notableWork Aristotle for Everybody ⓘ
How to Read a Book ⓘ
Six Great Ideas ⓘ
Ten Philosophical Mistakes ⓘ
The Idea of Freedom ⓘ
The Paideia Proposal ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Mateo NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
director of the Institute for Philosophical Research ⓘ
editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
professor of philosophy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
stateOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
workedOn Great Books of the Western World series ⓘ

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