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A carregar... Six Great Ideas (1981)por Mortimer J. Adler
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. truth, goodness, beauty, liberty, equality, justice What Mortimer J. Adler has done is to write a book on six of the greatest of the great ideas yet conceived by humankind, a book that is free from the "in" vocabulary usually employed in philosophy and other specialized fields. It is invitingly accessible to everyone who ever thrilled to, or puzzled or agonized over, these ideas. This is why the book fulfills the democratic criterion implied in its very first sentence: "It cannot be too often repeated that philosophy is everybody's business." The six great ideas form a pair of trios. Liberty, equality, and justice define the social sphere of our existence. Truth, goodness, and beauty define how our minds relate to everything outside of us. It is this distinction that leads Dr. Adler to characterize the trios as the engines of two different vehicles of human behavior. Truth, goodness, and beauty--which he calls the more fundamental trio--are the ideas we judge by. Liberty, equality, and justice are the ideas we live by and act on. Written in the same near-conversational style as his earlier works, this one will renew the reader's pleasure in discovering that philosophizing can be as enjoyable as it is rewarding. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Each summer, Mortimer J. Adler conducts a seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. At the 1981 seminar, leaders from the worlds of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth consideration of the six great ideas that are the subject of this book: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty - the ideas we judge by; and Liberty, Equality and Justice - the ideas we act on. The group discussions and conversations between Dr. Adler and journalist Bill Moyers were filmed for broadcast on public television, and thousands of people followed their exploration of these important ideas. Discarding the jargon of academia, Dr. Adler dispels the myth that philosophy is the exclusive province of the specialist. He argues that "philosophy is everybody's business," and that a better understanding of these fundamental concepts is essential if we are to cope with the political, moral, and social issues that confront us daily. --From publisher's description. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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