【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)