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Mortimer Adler Quotes

Mortimer Adler quotes

American Philosopher December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001

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Mortimer Adler quote: "Sometimes it feels like I'm thinking against the wind."
Sometimes it feels like I'm thinking against the wind. Mortimer Adler
...It is only obvious that teaching is a very special art, sharing withonly two other arts-argriculture and medicin-an exceptionally important characteristic. Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants..."
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men."
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express..."
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks. Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making..."
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. Mortimer Adler
Even when you have been somewhat enlightened by what you have read, you are called upon to continue the serach for significance. Mortimer Adler
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian. Mortimer Adler
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable. Mortimer Adler
Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed by the repetition of contrary acts. Mortimer Adler
The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation..."
One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union. Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without..."
To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent. Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler quote: "Find and interpreting the important words."
Find and interpreting the important words. Mortimer Adler

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