Mortimer Jerome Adler
1902
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2001
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Columbia University
occupation: philosopher, writer, university teacher, educator
award received: National Humanities Medal, St. Louis Literary Award, Charles Frankel Prize, Aquinas Medal
influenced by: Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Hans Vaihinger
Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, and popular author. 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 Encyclopædia Britannica board of editors, and founded the Institute for Philosophical Research. He lived for long stretches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and San Mateo, California. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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