Mortimer Adler
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American philosopher and educator (1902 to 2001); taught at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, chaired the board of editors of Encyclopaedia…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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9 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The world is multicultural and people should be taught about its cultural diversity (opens korrents.com)
“The world, certainly, is multicultural, and so we should be taught about its cultural diversity.”
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Matters of taste can differ between cultures, but matters of truth are transcultural (opens korrents.com)
“The line that divides the multicultural from the transcultural is the line that separates all matters of taste or preference from all matters concerned with the truth and falsity of the propositions being entertained…”
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Extreme skepticism about truth refutes itself (opens korrents.com)
“In the first place, the extreme skeptic refutes himself.”
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The world is multicultural and people should be taught about its cultural diversity (opens korrents.com)