莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒

莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒（Mortimer Jerome Adler，catIdx=A）是一名美国哲学家。

**生平**
阿德勒于1902年12月28日出生在美国纽约市的一个犹太移民家庭。14岁从中学辍学后，成为纽约太阳报的送稿人员，他当时立志想要成为一名记者。不久，阿德勒开始在夜间学习写作课程，从中他发现以下作者堪称英雄:柏拉图、亚里斯多德、托马斯·阿奎那、约翰·洛克、约翰·斯图尔特·密尔等等。之后，他进入哥伦比亚大学继续学习，同时还向学生文艺杂志投稿。尽管由于没能通过必修的游泳测验，而没能获得学士学位（1983年，哥伦比亚大学授予了他一个荣誉学位以作为补偿），阿德勒还是留在了大学，最终得到了一个讲师的位置，并获得了心理学博士学位。
1930年，阿德勒前往芝加哥大学，并由之前认识的朋友、新任校长罗伯特·梅纳德·哈钦斯安排为芝加哥大学法学院的法律哲学教授。然而他受到了芝加哥的一些哲学家的质疑，这些人对他“能否胜任哲学教授这个职责怀有重大疑问”，并且抵制阿德勒成为该大学哲学系的一分子。而同时，阿德勒也是该学校法学院有史以来第一个非律师出身的教师。
西方世界伟大名著项目的发起人。
1980年，梅耶轻松地问阿德勒，如果他去一个荒岛，准备带哪些书，阿德勒回答说是以下11本:- 修昔底德的《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》 date=20121119075757 - 5到6篇柏拉图的，《对话录》- 亚里斯多德的《伦理学(亚里士多德)|伦理学》和《政治学》- 希波的圣奥古斯丁的《忏悔录》 date=20070602022635 - 普鲁塔克的《比较列传》 date=20070926215550 - 但丁的《神曲》- 威廉·莎士比亚的一些戏剧- 蒙田的《尝试集》- 斯威夫特的《格列佛游记》- 约翰·洛克的《政府论》  date=20200428055227 - 列夫·托尔斯泰的《战争与和平》

**名言**

**著作**
 Dialectic (1927)- The Nature of Judicial Proof: An Inquiry into the Logical, Legal, and Empirical Aspects of the Law of Evidence (1931, with Jerome Michael)- Diagrammatics (1932, with Maude Phelps Hutchins)- Crime, Law and Social Science （1933, with Jerome Michael)- Art and Prudence: A Study in Practical Philosophy (1937)- What Man Has Made of Man: A Study of the Consequences of Platonism and Positivism in Psychology (1937)- 哲学与科学 of Man: A Collection of Texts as a Foundation for Ethics and Politics (1940)- 如何阅读一本书（How to Read a Book） （1940）(中文版 ISBN 9789570517989)- A Dialectic of Morals: Towards the Foundations of Political Philosophy (1941)- How to Think About War and Peace (1944)- 教育革命 (1944, with Milton Mayer)- The Capitalist Manifesto (1958, with Louis O. Kelso) ISBN 0837182107- The Idea of Freedom: A Dialectical Examination of the Conceptions of Freedom (1958)- The New Capitalists: A Proposal to Free Economic Growth from the Slavery of Savings (1961, with Louis O. Kelso)- The Idea of Freedom: A Dialectical Examination of the Controversies about Freedom (1961)- Great Ideas from the Great Books (1961)- 哲学的条件: Its Checkered Past, Its Present Disorder, and Its Future Promise (1965)- The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes (1967)- The Time of Our Lives: The Ethics of Common Sense (1970)- The Common Sense of Politics (1971)- The American Testament (1975, with William Gorman)- Some Questions About Language: A Theory of Human Discourse and Its Objects (1976)- Philosopher at Large: An Intellectual Autobiography (1977)- Reforming Education: The Schooling of a People and Their Education Beyond Schooling (1977, edited by Geraldine Van Doren)- 每个人的亚里斯多德: Difficult Thought Made Easy (1978) ISBN 0684838230- How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan (1980) ISBN 0-02-016022-4- 六种伟大思想（Six Great Ideas: Truth-Goodness-Beauty-Liberty-Equality-Justice） (1981) ISBN 0-02-072020-3- The Angels and Us (1982)- The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto (1982)- How to Speak / How to Listen (1983) ISBN 0025005707- Paideia Problems and Possibilities: A Consideration of Questions Raised by The Paideia Proposal (1983)- A Vision of the Future: Twelve Ideas for a Better Life and a Better Society (1984) ISBN 0025002805- The Paideia Program: An Educational Syllabus (1984, with Members of the Paideia Group)- Ten Philosophical Mistakes (1985) ISBN 0-02-500330-5- A Guidebook to Learning: For a Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom (1986)- We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution (1987)- Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind (1988, edited by Geraldine Van Doren)- Intellect: Mind Over Matter (1990)- Truth in Religion: The Plurality of Religions and the Unity of Truth (1990)- Haves Without Have-Nots: Essays for the 21st Century on Democracy and Socialism (1991) ISBN 0025005618- Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough (1991)- A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher At Large (1992)- 伟大思想:西方思想的列克星敦 (1992)- Natural Theology, Chance, and God (The Great Ideas Today, 1992)- The Four Dimensions of Philosophy: Metaphysical-Moral-Objective-Categorical (1993)- Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas (1994)- Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon (1995)

**编写**
 新技术:奴隶还是主人 (in work, with Phillip W. Goetz)- Scholasticism and Politics (1940)- 西方世界伟大名著 (1952, 52册）- A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952, 2 volumes)- The Great Ideas Today (1961-1977, 17 volumes, with Robert Hutchins)- Gateway to the Great Books  (1963, 10 volumes, with Robert Hutchins)- The Annals of America (1968, 21 volumes)-  Propaedia: Outline of Knowledge and Guide to The New Encyclopædia Britannica 15th Edition  (1974, 30 volumes)- Great Treasury of Western Thought (1977, with Charles Van Doren)- The Great Ideas Today (1978-1999, 20册）- 西方世界伟大名著第二版（1990年，60册）- A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas 2nd Edition (1990, 2 volumes)

**参见**
 永恒主义- Liberal Arts, Inc.- 伟大名著- 西方正典

**参考资料**

**外部链接**
  Center for the Study of the Great Ideas date=20210509002259 -  阿德勒档案-  Amazon.com:阿德勒的"desert island" books mentioned above date=20060223051801