How to Think about the Great Ideas From the Great Books of Western Civilization

Name: How to Think about the Great Ideas From the Great Books of Western Civilization
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ISBN: 9780812694123

ISBN-10: 0812694120

ISBN-13: 9780812694123

Edition: 2000

Authors: Mortimer Adler, Max Weismann, Mortimer Adler

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List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Open Court
Publication date: 3/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Author


Author's Introduction



How to Think about Truth



How to Think about Opinion



The Difference between Knowledge and Opinion



Opinion and Human Freedom



Opinion and Majority Rule



How to Think about Man



How Different Are Humans?



The Darwinian Theory of Human Origin



The Answer to Darwin



The Uniqueness of Man



How to Think about Emotion



How to Think about Love



Love as Friendship: A World Without Sex



Sexual Love



The Morality of Love



How to Think about Good and Evil



How to Think about Beauty



How to Think about Freedom



How to Think about Learning



Youth Is a Barrier to Learning



How to Read a Book



How to Talk



How to Watch TV



How to Think about Art



The Kinds of Art



The Fine Arts



The Goodness of Art



How to Think about Justice



How to Think about Punishment



How to Think about Language



How to Think about Work



Work, Play, and Leisure



The Dignity of All Kinds of Work



Work and Leisure Then and Now



Work, Leisure, and Liberal Education



How to Think about Law



The Kinds of Law



The Making of Law



The Justice of Law



How to Think about Government



The Nature of Government



The Powers of Government



The Best Form of Government



How to Think about Democracy



How to Think about Change



How to Think about Progress



How to Think about War and Peace



How to Think about Philosophy



How Philosophy Differs from Science and Religion



Unsolved Problems of Philosophy



How Can Philosophy Progress?



How to Think about God


Historical Note: How This Book Came to Be


Index