The latest addition to the Center's web site is On Adler, an on-line bibliography of Mortimer J. Adler's works. It lists, in separate columns, Dr. Adler's books and his other works, by year. Members will find the link to "On Adler" in the Resources section of the Center's home page, . I have tried to make the listing comprehensive. Members can email me at if they see any errors or omissions.

Terrence Berres
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THE GREAT IDEAS:  A Seminar Approach To Teaching And Learning (1987)

Produced by Dr. Patricia Weiss, President of The Paideia Group, the
University of North Carolina, and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

The purpose of these programs is to teach anyone how to conduct Socratic
seminars. In these programs, Dr. Adler conducts discussions with 20 high
school students on the readings below. After each discussion there is a
question and answer session between Dr. Adler and a group of the students
teachers.

1) THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - (60 min.)

2) APOLOGY-Plato - (60 min.)

3) ANTIGONE-Sophocles - (60 min.)

4) THE PRINCE-Machiavelli - (90 min.)

5) POLITICS-Aristotle & THE SOCIAL CONTRACT-Rousseau - (60 min.)

Five videocassettes - $250.00.

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FIRING LINE
William F. Buckley, Jr. interviews Mortimer Adler.

"A GUIDE FOR THE 20TH CENTURY PAGAN"  (1980)
        How to Think About God  (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"MORTIMER ADLER AND HIS GREAT IDEAS"  (1981)
        Six Great Ideas (60 Minutes  $30.00)

"IN WHAT SENSE ARE HUMAN BEINGS ANGELIC?"  (1982)
        The Angels and Us   (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"RETURN TO EDUCATION"  (1982)
        The Paideia Proposal     (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"HOW TO SPEAK; HOW TO LISTEN"  (1983)
        (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"MORTIMER ADLER'S GREAT IDEAS" PARTS I & 2  (1984)
        A Vision of the Future  (120 Minutes - $45.00)

"TEN GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL MISTAKES" PARTS I & 2  (1985)
        Ten Philosophical Mistakes    (120 Minutes - $45.00)

"CONTINUING TO LEARN"  (1986)
        A Guidebook to Learning    (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"HOW DOES IT GO WITH REVISING OUR TEACHING?"  (1986)
        The Paideia Proposal    (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"MORTIMER ADLER ON THE CONSTITUTION" PARTS I & 2  (I987)
        We Hold These Truths    (120 Minutes - $45.00)

"MORTIMER ADLER ON THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND"  (1988)
        (60 Minutes - $30.00)

"MORTIMER ADLER AND EDUCATION"  (1989)
        Reforming Education    (30 Minutes - $30.00)

"WHAT IS INTELLECT"  (1990)
        Intellect: Mind Over Matter  (30 Minutes - $30.00)

"ARE ALL RELIGIONS EQUAL"  (1991)
        Truth in Religion   (30 Minutes - $30.00)

"IS COMMUNISM REALLY OVER?  (1991)
        Haves Without Have-Nots  (30 Minutes - $30.00)

"MORTIMER ADLER SUMS UP"  (1993)
        A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror   (30 Minutes - $30.00)

"IS PHILOSOPHY WORTHWHILE?"  (1993)
        The Four Dimensions of Philosophy    (30 Minutes- $30.00)

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SIX GREAT IDEAS  (1981)
TRUTH, GOODNESS, BEAUTY, LIBERTY, EQUALITY & JUSTICE

"Adler offers enough reassessment of classical concepts to make one a more
thoughtful human being, or want to become one."        --Chicago Tribune

"A vigorous, sane alternative to both academic murk and popular
pseudo-philosophies."            --The Kansas City Times

Each summer since 1951, Mortimer J. Adler conducts a seminar at The Aspen
Institute in Colorado. At the 1981 seminar, fifteen leaders from the worlds
of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth
consideration of the six great ideas that are the subject of this book:
Truth, Goodness, and Beauty--the ideas we judge by; and Liberty Equality and
Justice--the ideas we act on. The group discussions and conversations
between Dr. Adler and journalist Bill Moyers were filmed for broadcast on
public television, and millions of people followed their exploration of
these important ideas. Discarding the out worn and off-putting jargon of
academia, Dr. Adler dispels the myth that philosophy is the exclusive
province of the specialist. He argues that "philosophy is everybody's
business," and that a better understanding of these fundamental concepts is
essential if we are to cope with the political, moral, and social issues
that confront us daily.

The Participants:

Alan Bullock, Fellow of the British Academy, Oxford, England

Francis Mading Deng, Ambassador of the Sudan to Canada

Betty Sue Flowers, V P & Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Texas

Jamake Highwater, Writer and Artist, New York

Joseph E. Slater, President, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies

Soedjatmoko, Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo

Rudiger von Wechmar, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Rome

Jeremy Bernstein, Dept of Physics, Stevens Institute of Tech., Hoboken, NJ

Robin C. Duke, New York

Shirley Hufstedler, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson, & Beardsley, Los Angeles

Alexander A. Kwapong, Vice Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo

Ruth B. Love, General Superintendent of Schools, Chicago

Robert A. Mosbacher, Aspen Institute Trustee, Houston, Texas

Jon O. Newman, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, West Hartford, CT

Gus Tyler, Ass'nt to the President, Intl. Ladies Garment Workers Union, NY

Six one-hour cassettes - $185.00.

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WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS - AMERICA'S TESTAMENT (1987)

Mortimer Adler discusses America's Testament with the notables listed below
in these nationally broadcast programs.

#1  THE TWO BICENTENNIALS
Walter Dellenger - Professor of Law, Duke University
John Hope Franklin - James B. Duke Professor of History, Duke University

#2  THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Ellen Futter - President, Barnard College
Charles Percy - Former U. S. Senator, Illinois

#3  PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
Gerhard Casper - Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Theodore Hesburgh - Past President, University of Notre Dame

#4  AMENDMENTS - BILL OF RIGHTS
Henry Grunwald - Former Editor-in-Chief, TIME Inc.
James Hoge - Publisher and President, New York Daily News

#5 CHANGING AND GROWING
Jon Newman - Judge, United States Court of Appeals
Douglass Cater - President, Washington College

Five one-hour cassettes $150.00.

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IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION (1987)
We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution

Bill Moyers and Mortimer Adler with students of St. John's College,
Annapolis, MD

Students at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, challenge Adler, the noted
philosopher, author, and educator, on his views about fundamental ideas in
the Constitution and their relevance today. Adler discusses Americans' lack
of familiarity with the Constitution, the checks and balances provided by
the Supreme Court, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and the
welfare state, foreign policy, and legislating morality.
60 minutes - $35.00

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THE DICK CAVETT SHOW  (1978)

Dick Cavett conducts a wonderfully entertaining interview with Mortimer Adler
on his past, his career, philosophy, and "Great Treasury of Western Thought."
Lot's of laughs.
Two half-hour shows - $35.00

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BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL: ADLER ON ARISTOTLE  (1979)
Mortimer Adler with Bill Moyers at The Aspen Institute

. . . I could fill a book with examples. One of my favorites happened some
years ago after you had broadcast a special I did with Mortimer Adler, the
educator and philosopher whose lifelong passion has been to awaken students
of any age--16 or 60--to the power of critical thinking. In the two weeks
after our program on his book "Aristotle for Everybody," over 12,000 people
wrote for the transcript.

But the real payoff came in Penn Station a few weeks later. I was traveling
with CBS friends who were skeptical when I told them what the response to
the series had been. We were waiting for the train and a fellow, rather
shabbily-dressed approached us. I thought he was a panhandler looking for a
handout. He held his hand out, all right--only to take mine in it, and
shake it vigorously. He said, "Mr. Moyers, I want to thank public
television for introducing me to Mortimer Adler and Aristotle, with them as
friends I'm a very rich man."

Bill Moyers

One-hour cassette $40.00

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"ARISTOTLE'S ETHICS (1962) - Book I: The Theory of Happiness."
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Classical Greece - Lesson 3
Written and presented by Mortimer Adler, this is an invaluable addition to
your library and an ideal program for students and children.

30 minutes in color, with animation and music - $30.00

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"PLATO'S APOLOGY (1962)
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Classical Greece - Lesson 2
Written and presented by Mortimer Adler, this is an invaluable addition to
your library and an ideal program for students and children.

30 minutes in color, with animation and music - $30.00

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THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD (1952)
Robert M. Hutchins and Mortimer J. Adler introduce and explain the
development of the Syntopicon and Britannica set of Great Books.

30 minutes B & W- $30.00

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