Mortimer Adler: Ten Philosophical "Mistakes"

Frank Robinson at The Rational Optimist blog, (Albany) Times Union.

"...Adler goes on to distinguish between 'natural desires' (’inherent in our nature’ and thus the same in all humans) and 'acquired desires' unique to each individual. That is, differentiating between 'needs' and 'wants.' Adler asserts that '[w]hatever we need is really good for us. There are no wrong needs. We never need anything to an excess that is really bad for us.' It’s only our 'wants' that can go to an excess bad for us."