Mortimer Adler Quote

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions — simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions — and maturely wise in our replies.


How to Read a Book (1940)


The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see...

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see...

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see...

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see...