Mortimer AdlerMortimer J. Adler is director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., and honorary trustee of The Aspen Institute. He has authored or coauthored fifty books, including "How to Rad a Book; How to Speak / How to Listen; Intellect: Mind Over Matter; "and "The Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought. "He is also the editor in chief of the Syntopicon and Great Books of the Western World. Read More Read Less