Februrary 2010
Issue 556
HOMER AND THE POWER OF MEN THAT HAVE CHESTS
Christopher B. Nelson, President, St. John's College in Annapolis
Welcome New Members - Deniz Ates, Chad Koehn and Joni Montover
January 2010
Issue 555
ECONOMIC FREEDOM: PROPERTY AND LEISURE by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - Thomas Benedict, Matthew Haluska and Jason Murray
Issue 554
FREEDOM OF THE WILL by Mortimer Adler (Part 2 of 2)
Welcome New Members - Leo Lombard and Fr. Gerald Mendoza, OP
Issue 553
FREEDOM OF THE WILL by Mortimer Adler (Part 1 of 2)
Issue 552
INSTRUCTIONS IN ART by Mark Twain
Welcome New Members - Patrick Betasso, Mike Buhrmann, Terry Gambrel, Salvatore Scaletta and Daniel Thetford
December 2009
IN MEMORIAM
THE BLESSINGS OF GOOD FORTUNE
Issue 551
THE GREEKS, THE WEST AND WORLD CULTURE by Mortimer Adler (2 of 2)
Issue 550
THE GREEKS, THE WEST AND WORLD CULTURE by Mortimer Adler (1 of 2)
Welcome New Member - John Shabunas
November 2009
Issue 549
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF HISTORY by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - Dr. Richard Kim and Jason Rehmert
Issue 548
MUST WE HATE OUR ENEMIES?
A University of Chicago Round Table Broadcast
with Mortimer J. Adler, William F. Ogburn and Mandel Sherman
Welcome New Member - Jason VanNimwegen
Issue 547
MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: The Good Life and the Good Society (2 of 2)
Welcome New Member - Sandra Astle
Issue 546
MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: The Good Life and The Good Society (1 of 2)
In my view, this treatise represents the most important of all Mortimer Adler's insights and contribution to moral philosophy.
Issue 545
WHY ARE WE STILL READING DICKENS? by Jon Varese
CHARLES DICKENS - Book Review by Simon Callow
October 2009
Issue 544
THE GOODNESS OF ART by Mortimer Adler
Issue 543
PHILOSOPHICAL GAMES by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Member - Andree Valdry
Issue 542
FROM INTERNET TO GUTENBERG 1996
A lecture presented by Umberto Eco at Columbia University,
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
Issue 541
METAPHYSICS: WHAT THERE IS IN REALITY by Mortimer Adler (Part 2 of 2)
Letter to the Editor - Frank Rodgers' remarks at St. John's College Homecoming
Welcome New Member - Lani Makholm
September 2009
Issue 540
METAPHYSICS: WHAT THERE IS IN REALITY by Mortimer Adler (Part 1 of 2)
Issue 539
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CULTURE and LIBERAL EDUCATION: Theory and Practice by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Member - Chad Redwing
Issue 538
'PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION'? NO! by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - William Gillette, John Martin and Steven Wickes
Issue 537
HOW TO THINK ABOUT ART by Mortimer Adler
Letter to the Editor: Re: Progressive Education
Issue 536
GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD Presents
A Reading Plan For Children
August 2009
Issue 535
ALL TWITTER, NO TWAIN by Diane Ravitch
Welcome New Member - Steven Luong
Issue 534
THE ART OF COMMUNICATING by Mortimer Adler (Part 2 of 2)
Welcome New Members - Arthur Allen and Martha Steinberg
Issue 533
THE ART OF COMMUNICATING by Mortimer Adler (Part 1 of 2)
A discussion of the arts of THINKING - CONVERSING - LISTENING
Issue 532
WORDS AND MEANINGS by Mortimer Adler (Part 2 of 2)
July 2009
Issue 531
WORDS AND MEANINGS by Mortimer Adler (Part 1 of 2)
Welcome New Members - Rick Kogan and Richard Nadolny, MD
Issue 530
MARK TWAIN'S FIRST SERMON and ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING
Welcome New Members - John Latham and Manuel Ramirez
Issue 529
THE IDEA OF HAPPINESS by V. J. McGill (Part 4 of 4)
Welcome New Members - Warren Crady and Patrick Hickey
Issue 528
THE IDEA OF HAPPINESS by V. J. McGill (Part 3 of 4)
June 2009
Issue 527
THE IDEA OF HAPPINESS by V. J. McGill (Part 2 of 4)
Welcome New Member - Mark Stevens
IN MEMORY - June 28, 2001
Remembrances from Charles Van Doren and Peter Norton given at the Memorial Service for Dr. Adler on July 21, 2001 at Saint Chrysostom's Church in Chicago.
Issue 526
THE IDEA OF HAPPINESS by V. J. McGill (Part 1 of 4)
Welcome New Members - Tammy Georgallides and Johnnie Seago
Issue 525
THE MORAL OBLIGATION TO BE INTELLIGENT by John Erskine
Welcome New Members - Ron Bosco, Daniel McGoldrick, and Kevin Rea
Issue 524
PUTTING MAN BEFORE DESCARTES by historian John Lukacs
Issue 523
BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL - MIND AT LARGE: ADLER ON ARISTOTLE (Part 3 of 3)
Welcome New Member - Terrence Keenan
May 2009
Issue 522
BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL: ADLER ON ARISTOTLE (Part 2 of 3)
Issue 521
BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL: ADLER ON ARISTOTLE (Part 1 of 3)
ssue 520
THE IDEA OF RELIGION IN THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Issue 519
GREAT IDEAS from the GREAT BOOKS by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Member - Heather Isenhower
April 2009
Issue 518
ARISTOTLE'S LOST PROTREPTICUS (Part 3 of 3)
Welcome New Members - Mary Boren, Kasaun Henry, Anthony Lett and Gregory Mullaley
Issue 517
ARISTOTLE'S LOST PROTREPTICUS (Part 2 of 3)
Issue 516
ARISTOTLE'S LOST PROTREPTICUS
Provisional Reconstruction by D. S. Hutchinson and Monte Ransome Johnson (Part 1 of 3)
Welcome New Members - Peter Broadbent, Jaime Huerta and Christopher Rauch
Issue 515
THE STATE OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD by Mortimer Adler (2 of 2)
Welcome New Member - Saul Arellano
March 2009
Issue 514
THE STATE OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD by Mortimer Adler (1 of 2)
Issue 513
THEORY AND OBSERVATION: A Critical Issue in the Philosophy of Science
SCIENCE TODAY
HISTORY, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
Welcome New Members - John Eury and Brian Stratton
Issue 512
WHY I WENT TO COLLEGE by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - Michael Koger and Gyla Laurie
Issue 511
IS GOOGLE MAKING US STUPID? Opinion by Nicholas Carr
Welcome New Members - Kate Costello, Robert Hafner and Guilherme Silva
Issue 510
HOW TO READ PHILOSOPHY by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (2 of 2)
Welcome New Members - Claire Cook and Virginia Tschanz
February 2009
Issue 509
HOW TO READ PHILOSOPHY by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (1 of 2)
Issue 508
WHY A CAPITALIST MANIFESTO? by Louis O. Kelso and Mortimer J. Adler
Welcome New Members - Winston Elliott, III, Adam Guy, Dillard Holder, Scott Strader and Rudolf Wrobel
Issue 507
SPENGLER, THE SPENGLERITES AND SPENGLERISM (Part 2 of 2)
Welcome New Members - Pia Axell and Erik Dunleavy
Issue 506
SPENGLER, THE SPENGLERITES AND SPENGLERISM by Mortimer Adler (Part 1 of 2)
January 2009
Issue 505
IN DEFENSE OF DANGEROUS IDEAS Opinion by Steven Pinker
Welcome New Member - Daniel Shively
Issue 504
ARISTOTLE FOR EVERYBODY: Difficult Thought Made Easy, by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - Ben Aaronson, Stuart Garrie, Israel Sandoval and John Segvich
Issue 503
A VISION OF THE FUTURE: TWELVE IDEAS FOR A BETTER LIFE AND A BETTER SOCIETY by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - Leslie Ivers and Mark Michals
Issue 502
THE CONDITIONS OF PHILOSOPHY: Its Checkered Past, Its Present Disorder and its Future Promise, by Mortimer Adler
Welcome New Members - Don Carlson, William Clarke, Robert Fernandez, Alexander Fortunato, Chris Miller and Bryan Wood
December 2008
IN MEMORY
The University of St. Thomas honors Mortimer J. Adler with the St. Thomas Aquinas Medallion
Issue 501
EXHORTATION: THE DISADVANTAGES OF AN ELITE EDUCATION
by William Deresiewicz
Welcome New Member - Jose Caraballo
Issue 500
A DIALECTIC OF MORALS by Mortimer J. Adler
Chapter II - Preference and Pleasure: Induction of a Principle (Part 2 of 2)
Welcome New Member - Dr. John Radue
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