Mortimer J. Adler - Books By Adler

Books By Adler

• 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)
• St. Thomas and the Gentiles (1938)
• The Philosophy and Science of Man: A Collection of Texts as a Foundation for Ethics and Politics (1940)
• How to Read a Book: The Art of Getting a Liberal Education (1940), 1966 edition subtitled A Guide to Reading the Great Books, 1972 revised edition with Charles Van Doren, The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading: ISBN 0-671-21209-5
• A Dialectic of Morals: Towards the Foundations of Political Philosophy (1941)
• How to Think About War and Peace (1944)
• The Revolution in Education (1944, with Milton Mayer)
• The Capitalist Manifesto (1958, with Louis O. Kelso) ISBN 0-8371-8210-7
• 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)
• The Conditions of Philosophy: 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)
• Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy (1978) ISBN 0-684-83823-0
• How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan (1980) ISBN 0-02-016022-4
• 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 0-02-500570-7
• 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 0-02-500280-5
• 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) ISBN 0-02-064140-0
• Haves Without Have-Nots: Essays for the 21st Century on Democracy and Socialism (1991) ISBN 0-02-500561-8
• Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough (1991)
• A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher At Large (1992)
• The Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought (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)
• How to Think About The Great Ideas (2000) ISBN 0-8126-9412-0
• How to Prove There is a God (2011) ISBN 978-0-8126-9689-9