莫蒂默·傑爾姆·阿德勒

莫蒂默·傑爾姆·阿德勒（Mortimer Jerome Adler，catIdx=A）是一名美國哲學家。

**生平**
阿德勒於1902年12月28日出生在美國紐約市的一個猶太移民家庭。14歲從中學輟學後，成為紐約太陽報的送稿人員，他當時立志想要成為一名記者。不久，阿德勒開始在夜間學習寫作課程，從中他發現以下作者堪稱英雄:柏拉圖、亞里斯多德、托馬斯·阿奎那、約翰·洛克、約翰·斯圖爾特·密爾等等。之後，他進入哥倫比亞大學繼續學習，同時還向學生文藝雜誌投稿。儘管由於沒能通過必修的游泳測驗，而沒能獲得學士學位（1983年，哥倫比亞大學授予了他一個榮譽學位以作為補償），阿德勒還是留在了大學，最終得到了一個講師的位置，並獲得了心理學博士學位。
1930年，阿德勒前往芝加哥大學，並由之前認識的朋友、新任校長羅伯特·梅納德·哈欽斯安排為芝加哥大學法學院的法律哲學教授。然而他受到了芝加哥的一些哲學家的質疑，這些人對他“能否勝任哲學教授這個職責懷有重大疑問”，並且抵制阿德勒成為該大學哲學系的一分子。而同時，阿德勒也是該學校法學院有史以來第一個非律師出身的教師。
西方世界偉大名著項目的發起人。
1980年，梅耶輕鬆地問阿德勒，如果他去一個荒島，準備帶哪些書，阿德勒回答說是以下11本:- 修昔底德的《伯羅奔尼撒戰爭史》 date=20121119075757 - 5到6篇柏拉圖的，《對話錄》- 亞里斯多德的《倫理學(亞里士多德)|倫理學》和《政治學》- 希波的聖奧古斯丁的《懺悔錄》 date=20070602022635 - 普魯塔克的《比較列傳》 date=20070926215550 - 但丁的《神曲》- 威廉·莎士比亞的一些戲劇- 蒙田的《嘗試集》- 斯威夫特的《格列佛遊記》- 約翰·洛克的《政府論》  date=20200428055227 - 列夫·托爾斯泰的《戰爭與和平》

**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)- 哲學與科學 of Man: A Collection of Texts as a Foundation for Ethics and Politics (1940)- 如何閱讀一本書（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)- 哲學的條件: 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)- 每個人的亞里斯多德: 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- 六種偉大思想（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)- 偉大思想:西方思想的列剋星敦 (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)

**編寫**
 新技術:奴隸還是主人 (in work, with Phillip W. Goetz)- Scholasticism and Politics (1940)- 西方世界偉大名著 (1952, 52冊）- 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冊）- 西方世界偉大名著第二版（1990年，60冊）- A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas 2nd Edition (1990, 2 volumes)

**參見**
 永恆主義- Liberal Arts, Inc.- 偉大名著- 西方正典

**參考資料**

**外部鏈接**
  Center for the Study of the Great Ideas date=20210509002259 -  阿德勒檔案-  Amazon.com:阿德勒的"desert island" books mentioned above date=20060223051801