Mortimer Adler, founder of the Great Idea list
and the Inspiration behind St. John College's Great Books Program
Below is a list of Mortimer Adler's Great Ideas. My goal is to write a post on each idea and how it applies to writing. The Gread Ideas I have already covered are linked to my post on the subject.
- ANGEL
- ANIMAL
- ARISTOCRACY
- ART
- ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY
- BEAUTY
- BEING
- CAUSE
- CHANCE
- CITIZEN
- CONSTITUTION
- COURAGE
- CUSTOM AND CONVENTION
- DEFINITION
- DEMOCRACY
- DESIRE
- DIALECTIC
- DUTY
- EDUCATION
- ELEMENT
- EMOTION
- EQUALITY
- ETERNITY
- EVOLUTION
- EXPERIENCE
- FAMILY
- FATE
- FORM
- GOD
- GOOD AND EVIL
- GOVERNMENT
- HABIT
- HAPPINESS
- HISTORY
- HONOR
- HYPOTHESIS
- IDEA
- IMMORTALITY
- INDUCTION
- INFINITY
- JUDGMENT
- JUSTICE
- KNOWLEDGE
- LABOR
- LANGUAGE
- LAW
- LIBERTY
- LIFE AND DEATH
- LOGIC
- LOVE
- MAN
- MATHEMATICS
- MATTER
- MECHANICS
- MEDICINE
- MEMORY AND IMAGINATION
- METAPHYSICS
- MIND
- MONARCHY
- NATURE
- NECESSITY AND CONTINGENCY
- OLIGARCHY
- ONE AND MANY
- OPINION
- OPPOSITION
- PHILOSOPHY
- PHYSICS
- PLEASURE AND PAIN
- POETRY
- PRINCIPLE
- PROGRESS
- PROPHECY
- PRUDENCE
- PUNISHMENT
- QUALITY
- QUANTITY
- REASONING
- RELATION
- RELIGION
- REVOLUTION
- RHETORIC
- SAME AND OTHER
- SCIENCE
- SENSE
- SIGN AND SYMBOL
- SIN
- SLAVERY
- SOUL
- SPACE
- STATE
- TEMPERANCE
- THEOLOGY
- TIME
- TRUTH
- TYRANNY AND DESPOTISM
- UNIVERSAL AND PARTICULAR
- VIRTUE AND VICE
- WAR AND PEACE
- WEALTH
- WILL
- WISDOM