Each summer, Mortimer J. Adler conducts a seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. At the 1981 seminar, leaders from the worlds of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth consideration of the six great ideas that are the subject of this book: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty - the ideas we judge by; and Liberty, Equality and Justice - the ideas we act on. The group discussions and conversations between Dr. Adler and journalist Bill Moyers were filmed for broadcast on public television, and thousands of people followed their exploration of these important ideas. Discarding the out-worn and off-putting jargon of academia, Dr. Adler dispels the myth that philosophy is the exclusive province of the specialist. He argues that "philosophy is everybody's business," and that a better understanding of these fundamental concepts is essential if we are to cope with the political, moral, and social issues that confront us daily.
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Ein Buch mit täglichen Meditationen für Männer Dieses Buch richtet sich direkt an Männer, die nach Gelassenheit streben oder versuchen, emotional und spirituell ausgeglichene Leben zu führen. Diese täglichen Anker bieten Affirmationen für Intimität, Integrität und Spiritualität. „Man kann nicht immer ein Held sein, aber man kann immer ein Mann sein“, sagt Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; manchmal kann es schon eine grosse Herausforderung sein, einfach nur ein Mann zu sein. Lassen Sie sich von diesem begleitenden Buch der täglichen Meditationen ermutigen, das ein ganzes Jahr lang freundliche Worte bietet, um Sie auf Ihrem Weg zu unterstützen. Die täglichen Anker beginnen mit Zitaten aus Quellen, die so vielfältig sind wie William Shakespeare, Wendell Berry, Michael Spinks und Woody Allen, und enden mit Affirmationen, die die Lehren von Intimität, Integrität und Spiritualität unterstreichen. Sie erkunden die männliche Rolle als Liebhaber oder Ehepartner, Vater oder Freund und erleichtern, wie eine ausgestreckte helfende Hand, den täglichen Druck, den ein Mann bewältigen muss.
Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why is the Jewish state the most hated country in the world today? Drawing on extensive historical research, Prager and Telushkin reveal how Judaism's distinctive conceptions of God, Law, and Peoplehood, have rendered the Jews, and now the Jewish state as well, to other people's God, laws, or national allegiances. Anti-Semitism is not just another ethnic or racial prejudice, and it is not caused, as so many people falsely believe, by Jewish economic success or the need for scapegoats. Rather, anti-Semitism today, as in the past, is a reaction to Judaism and its distinctive values. Separate chapters document how anti-Semitism is a unique hatred (no other prejudice has been as universal, deep, or permanent), and how the Chosen People idea has spawned hatred. The role of non-Jewish Jews such as Marx and the M.I.T. professor, Noam Chomsky, in provoking anti-Jewish animosity as well is examined and explained. WHY THE JEWS? also provides an authoritative overview of the seven major forms of anti-Semitism the Jewish people have suffered: pagan, Christian, Muslim, Enlightenment, Leftist, Nazi and anti-Zionist anti-Semitism. Prager and Telushkin explain why anti-Semitism poses a mortal danger to moral non-Jews, and what kind of changes would have to happen to produce a world without hatred of the Jews.
Describes the natural stages of love, refutes various romantic notions that can undermine a relationship, offers realistic insights designed to strengthen the bonds of love, and presents suggestions on how to transform a relationship.