A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher at Large
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0025005715 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars AnasHindi Worderful. One of the Great Philosopher's Best Surprising that among all the wonderful reviews about Mortimer Adler's work on Amazon that this particular book would be neglected. "A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror" was written, Adler explains, because his first autobiography, "Philosopher at Large," was written prematurely at the age of seventy-five! Approaching ninety when he wrote this one, he updates his autobiographical reflections. What's new? For the first time Adler tells us how . â A Great Work & a Life Lived Well What a wonderful conclusion to the life of a great man. One of his early works, "How to Read a Book," is one of my all-time favorite books. Not many people know about a related piece published (Saturday Review, I believe), entitled, "How to Mark a Book." If you liked "How to Read a Book," try to find that magazine article.Some very surprising events transpire late in the life of this scholar. For years, he had been an expert on Christian theol
In the sequel to his intellectual autobiography, Philosopher at Large, the author describes his conversion, at eighty-four, to Christianity and his editorial oversight of the controversial second edition of Great Books of the Western World.
A force in educational reforms, Adler appeals to the culturally fluent, frequently referring to classical and contemporary thinkers. . Furthermore, he plans to add to the 50 books he has written, and expects to publish these by 1995. From Publishers Weekly Satisfaction with his continued intellectual progress prompted this sequel to A Philosopher at Large , the autobiography Adler published in 1977, when he was 75 years old. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Surprises include news of Adler's conversion to Christianity after decades of writing "as a pagan