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One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith w...

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The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession o...

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Love without conversation is impossible.

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, wi...

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The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of ...

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Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we cont...

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Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

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Mortimer Adler

Philosopher

Born: 1902-12-28

Died: 2001-06-28

Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American Aristotelian philosopher and author.More