Adler's Philosophical Dictionary (Paperback)

Mortimer J. Adler

ISBN 10: 0684822717 / ISBN 13: 9780684822716

Edité par Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997

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Paperback. Stimulating, engaging, and organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format, Adler's Philosophical Dictionary is an ideal introduction to the history of the great ideas.The terms and concepts that have simulated thinkers from Aristotle onward come to life in the latest work by the man TIME magazine has called "America's philosopher for everyman." Is the human soul immortal? What does it mean to know something? What is the nature of erotic love? Adler examines these questions as well as many others with his trademark clarity, rigor, and common sense. Covering a variety of philosophical disciplines, this text provides definitions of such key terms as chance, choice, duty, good and evil, honour, human nature, memory, time, soul, and will, and sheds light on how they have been interpreted, used, or abused in both scholarly and common discourse. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titre: Adler's Philosophical Dictionary (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0684822717
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780684822716
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Stimulating, engaging, and organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format, Adler's Philosophical Dictionary is an ideal introduction to the history of the great ideas.

The terms and concepts that have simulated thinkers from Aristotle onward come to life in the latest work by the man TIME magazine has called "America's philosopher for everyman." Is the human soul immortal? What does it mean to know something? What is the nature of erotic love? Adler examines these questions as well as many others with his trademark clarity, rigor, and common sense.

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, and authored more than fifty books. He died in 2001.