{"product_id":"how-to-prove-there-is-a-god-mortimer-j-adlers-writings-and-thoughts-about-god-paperback","title":"How to Prove There Is a God: Mortimer J. Adler's Writings and Thoughts about God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMortimer Adler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKen Dzugan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great tasks of Mortimer Adler's illustrious life was his search for a watertight proof of the existence of God. Adler believed that his search had been successful.\u003cbr\u003eAdler spent years studying the classic proofs of God's existence, especially Aquinas's Five Ways, and found shortcomings in all of them, as conventionally understood. But he thought that some of them contained ideas which, if properly developed, could be improved, and he continued to search for a satisfying and logically unassailable proof. Toward the end of the 1970s, he believed he had arrived at such a proof, which he presented in his historic work, \u003ci\u003eHow to Think about God\u003c\/i\u003e (1980).\u003cbr\u003e In the writings assembled in \u003ci\u003eHow to Prove There Is a God\u003c\/i\u003e, Adler gives us his approach to the question of God's existence in fresh and popular form. He defends his position against critics, both believers and skeptics.\u003cbr\u003e The book includes a transcript of one of Adler's appearances on William Buckley's \u003ci\u003eFiring Line\u003c\/i\u003e, Adler's revealing interview with Edward Wakin, the exchange of views on natural theology between Adler and Owen Gingerich, and John Cramer's eloquent argument that the trend of modern cosmology supports Adler's early struggles with the question of God's existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMORTIMER J. ADLER, who died in 2001, left an indelible mark on American culture. Beginning in the 1930s, Adler was the major force in promoting the Great Books idea as an educational paradigm. He founded the Institute for Philosophical Research, launched the Paideia movement for educational reform, and revolutionized the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopaedia Britannica\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Adler edited hundreds of books and authored over sixty, ranging from original philosophical contributions to popular best-sellers like \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Book\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKEN DZUGAN, a graduate of MIT, had enjoyed a varied career in business, city planning, and real estate development, when in 1990 he read Mortimer Adler's \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Book\u003c\/i\u003e. \"This experience transformed my life. It dramatically changed what I read, how I read, and why I read.\" In his role as Archivist at the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas, Dzugan is working his way through over 200,000 pages of Dr. Adler's papers, and has found over four hundred works never listed in any Adler bibliography, including one entire completed book.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725708914995,"sku":"9780812696899","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dIE41pD4rX9780812696899.webp?v=1763718928","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/how-to-prove-there-is-a-god-mortimer-j-adlers-writings-and-thoughts-about-god-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}