Biography of mortimer adler
Biography of mortimer adler
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Mortimer J. Adler
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Adler while presiding over the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas | |
Born | Mortimer Jerome Adler (1902-12-28)December 28, 1902 New York City, New York |
Died | June 28, 2001(2001-06-28) (aged 98) San Mateo, California |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Aristotelian, Thomist |
Main interests | Philosophical theology, metaphysics, ethics |
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.[1] He worked for Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Encyclopædia Britannica, and Adler's own Institute for Philosophical Research.
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Adler was born in New York City on December 28, 1902, to Jewish imm