tagged w/ Mortimer Adler
-
I grew up believing that the Encyclopaedia Britannica was truly beyond reproach. When I was a teenager, my heroes on the ground were US Suppreme Court Justices (how little I knew!) and Mortimer Adler, who remains an inspiration. Oh to find that his work is less than perfect. Wait - actually, it dooes not change much about the spectacular contribution of Mr Adler, but it does teach us that there are no secondary "definitive" sources, except maybe Wikipedia - LOLI grew up believing that the Encyclopaedia Britannica was truly beyond reproach. When... more
-
-
xuan
-
added this
-
4 years ago
- |
