About the author M.J.Adler(1902~2001)is an American educator and writer.Born in New York City and graduated from Columbia University (Ph.D.,1928),he taught philosophy and philosophy of law at the University of Chicago from 1930 until 1952,when he founded and became director of the Institute forPhilosophical Research in San Francisco.With Robert Hutchins,About the author M. J. Adler (1902~2001) is an American educator and writer. Born in New York City and graduated from Columbia University (Ph. D., 1928), he taught philosophy and philosophy of law at the University of Chicago from 1930 until 1952, when he founded and became director of the Institute for ____________Research in San Francisco. With Robert Hutchins, Philosophical