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VERY FINE. Sealed. Personally signed by Mortimer J. Adler Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1995. Mortimer J. Adler "Adler's Philosophical Dictionary" Signed First Edition. Limited Collector's Edition bound in full genuine leather. Bound in gilt decorated maroon leather, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, and silk ribbon page marker. Sealed. The man Time magazine has called "America's philosopher for everyman" provides an alphabetical inventory of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon. Adler offers the exact philosophical meaning, along with the ways in which the concept has been understood by generations of thinkers, from Aristotle onward. Discusses key philosophical terms and concepts, including eternity, chance, choice, duty, evil, honor, memory, beauty, happiness, and progress. From Booklist Indomitable and, now well into his nineties, seemingly eternal, America's foremost public philosopher produces his fifty-eighth book and one of the most useful. It consists of reasonably thorough definitions of some 125 terms (a few are just cross references to others) that reflect Adler's famous adherences to the Aristotelian mainstream of Western philosophy (if anything, Adler is downright anti-Kantian), to democracy and socialism (but not communism: Adler very cogently explains why communism is antithetical to socialism) as the political and economic practices most in accordance with the principles of justice, and to world government. The defined terms do not include philosophy's hardware words--ontology, epistemology, phenomenology, heuristics, etc.--but rather are its meat and potatoes--art, beauty, God, idea, etc. If, now and then, a definition seems to overlook crucial aspects of its term, Adler appends a list of sources of further elucidation in his own other books. A helpful and, aptly, thought-provoking little resource, perhaps even at the reference desk. -Ray Olson From Crisis The man William F. Buckley, Jr. calls "Our nation's pedagogue," Mortimer Adler is probably best known for his many best-selling books, his work in liberal education with Robert M. Hutchins at the University of Chicago, and his ongoing association with the Great Books and the Great Ideas of the Western World. In addition, he is responsible for a prodigious amount of dialectical work done through his Institute for Philosophical Research and as Chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. His Idea of Freedom and The Synopticon: An Index to the Great Ideas exemplify his dream of a summa dialectica of Western thought. Now, in his fifty-eighth book, we find a summa philosophica - a summation of his doctrinal views on the 125 entries that range from Absolute and Relative to World Government. This affords the reader an opportunity to grasp the extraordinary compass of Adler's thought. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He lived for long stretches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and San Mateo, California. He worked for Columbia University, the University . BOOK FEATURES. * Premium Leather * Silk Moire Endleaves * Distinctive Cover Design * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold * Satin Ribbon Page Marker * Gilded Page Edges * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability * Beautiful Illustrations. Seller Inventory # 80-156-2
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