One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union. Mortimer Adler More Quotes by Mortimer Adler More Quotes From Mortimer Adler The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea. Mortimer Adler telephones book ideas I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith Mortimer Adler individual blind religious It's not how many books you get through, it's how many books get through you. Mortimer Adler book The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God. Mortimer Adler christian world moving The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students. Mortimer Adler learning teaching teacher I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give. Mortimer Adler giving-up love-is people The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. Mortimer Adler adults simple wise Angels are able to know and understand better than the human intellect can, precisely because such knowledge and understanding comes to them by way of ideas infused in them by God. Mortimer Adler angel understanding ideas Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth. Mortimer Adler different justice thinking In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos is his ability to touch feelings to move people emotionally. The logos is his ability to give solid reasons for an action, to move people intellectually. Mortimer Adler ethos character moving Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. Mortimer Adler benevolent unselfish-love selfless Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed by the repetition of contrary acts. Mortimer Adler habit broken numbers When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love. Mortimer Adler differences careers justice We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. Mortimer Adler concerned selfish ... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He should be as much prepared to have his own mind changed as seek to change the mind of another ... No one who looks upon disagreement as an occasion for teaching another should forget that it is also an occasion for being taught. Mortimer Adler agreement teaching mind Angels are not merely forms of extraterrestrial intelligence. Mortimer Adler form angel inspiring If you are reading in order to become a better reader, you cannot read just any book or article. You will not improve as a reader if all you read are books that are well within your capacity. You must tackle books that are beyond you, or, as we have said, books that are over your head. Only books of that sort will make you stretch your mind. And unless you stretch, you will not learn. Mortimer Adler reading order book If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love. Mortimer Adler sensual lust self My chief reason for choosing Christianity was because the mysteries were incomprehensible. What's the point of revelation if we could figure it out ourselves? If it were wholly comprehensible, then it would just be another philosophy. Mortimer Adler mystery christianity philosophy There is no more irritating fellow than the man who tries to settle an argument about communism, or justice, or liberty, by quoting from Webster. Mortimer Adler justice trying men
