Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American philosopher and educator, leader of the Great Books program
1902, New York City, USA — 2001, San Mateo, California, USA
United States
Mortimer Adler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — American philosopher and educator, leader of the Great Books program
Mortimer Adler was an American philosopher and educator who led the Great Books of the Western World program, co-founded the Great Books movement and the Center for the Study of Great Ideas, and championed liberal education for a broad public. He was born into a Jewish family in New York, though he was later baptized and embraced Christianity.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
American philosopher and educator, leader of the Great Books program
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
Similar Contributors
Allan Bloom
Arthur C. Danto
Bertha Szold Levin
Cora Diamond
