Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (died 2001)

Mortimer J. Adler

American philosopher, author and educator (1902–2001)

Mortimer Jerome Adler was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, popular author and lay theologian. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He taught at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, served as chairman of the…