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steven5122 · 2011-09-19 · Original thread
Mortimer Adler has written some philosophy books that are accessible, like How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-About-Great-Ideas/dp/0812694...

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