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 Art | 1 |
How to Think about Justice | 17 |
How to Think about Punishment | 33 |
How to Think about Language | 49 |
How to Think about Work | 64 |
Work Play and Leisure | 77 |
The Dignity of All Kinds of Work | 93 |
Work and Leisure Then and Now | 105 |
The Nature of Government | 210 |
The Powers of Government | 226 |
The Best Form of Government | 240 |
How to Think about Democracy | 254 |
How to Think about Change | 271 |
How to Think about Progress | 288 |
How to Think about War and Peace | 306 |
How to Think about Philosophy | 321 |
Work Leisure and Liberal Education | 119 |
How to Think about Law | 133 |
The Kinds of Law | 148 |
The Making of Law | 164 |
The Justice of Law | 181 |
How to Think about Government | 197 |
Unsolved Problems of Philosophy 337 49 How Philosophy Differs from Science and Religion | 352 |
How Can Philosophy Progress? | 369 |
How to Think about God | 385 |
How This Book Came to Be | 401 |
Back Cover Material | 404 |
Index | 407 |
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