How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western CivilizationOpen Court, 2000 M03 1 - 554 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. |
Contenido
How to Think about Good and Evil | |
How to Think about Beauty | |
How to Think about Freedom | |
How to Think about Learning | |
How to Think about Government | |
The Nature of Government | |
The Powers of Government | |
The Best Form of Government | |
How Different Are Humans? | |
The Darwinian Theory of Mans Origin | |
The Answer to Darwin | |
The Uniqueness of | |
How to Think about Emotion | |
How to Think about Love | |
A World Without | |
Sexual Love | |
The Morality of Love | |
How to Think about Democracy | |
How to Think about Change | |
How to Think about Progress | |
How to Think about War and Peace | |
How to Think about Philosophy | |
How Philosophy Differs from Science and Religion | |
Unsolved Problems of Philosophy | |
How Can Philosophy Progress? | |
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