How to Think about the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization(Volume 2 Of 2 )ReadHowYouWant.com, 2010 - 500 páginas 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. |
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The Goodness of 28 How to Think about 29 How to Think about 30 How to Think about 31 How to Think about 32 Work Play | 1 |
Work and Leisure Then | 105 |
Work Leisure and Liberal Education | 119 |
How to Think about | 133 |
The Kinds | 148 |
The Making | 164 |
The Justice | 181 |
How to Think about | 197 |
Government | 226 |
Progress | 288 |
How to Think about War | 306 |
Philosophy | 337 |
Unsolved Problems | 352 |
How Can Philosophy | 369 |
How to Think about | 385 |
How This Book Came | 401 |
The Nature | 210 |
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