We Hold These Truths, Mortimer J. Adler
We Hold These Truths, Mortimer J. Adler
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We Hold These Truths
Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution

Author: Mortimer J. Adler

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/26/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Synopsis

Mortimer Adler devoted a lifetime to studying the great ideas of Western culture and explaining even the most difficult concepts to the average citizen, earning Time magazines praise as a philosopher for everyman. In We Hold These Truths, Dr. Adler caps his lifes work by illuminating the ideas and ideals that have made the United States of America a truly unique nation in the annals of history. The ideas Adler examines include those at the core of the Declaration of Independencehuman equality, inalienable human rights, civil rights, the pursuit of happiness, and both the consent and dissent of the governed. These are the ideas that form the basis for justice, domestic tranquillity, the common defense, the general welfare, and the blessings of libertythe ideals that are found in the preamble to the Constitution and which bind us together as a nation and a people.

About Mortimer J. Adler

Dr. Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, and authored more than fifty books. He died in 2001.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riku on April 26, 2014

The Testaments of Democracy Adler presents an engaging discussion of what he classes as the three defining documents of the USA — the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution (plus amendments, especially the First Ten amendments - known as the Bill of Rights), and the Gettysburg......more

Goodreads review by Jackie on April 03, 2008

This book compares the ideas of the U.S. Constitution to those of the Declaration of Independence. Although Adler is a bit long-winded and repetitive on some points, his view of the ideals of these two documents (and also the Gettysburg Address, but that is barely mentioned in the book) is a fresh l......more

Goodreads review by Feng on July 02, 2022

The philosopher Adler wrote the book “We Hold These Truths” in 1987, celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. According to Adler, the United States of America was born in 1789 with the Constitution's rectification and the Federal Government's establishment. Between the Independence War......more

Goodreads review by Luke on July 21, 2022

I read this book after reading Adler’s introduction to Aristotle. I was interested to see how Aristotelian thought as well as Adler’s grasp on law history come together to form an analysis on our nation’s laws. There’s a lot to like about this book, as it is a concise and entertaining review of the......more

Goodreads review by Rick on January 05, 2013

This is a very good book that gets you thinking about our nation and the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address. It also includes these documents as well as excerpts from other documents such as the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers......more

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