The Dignity of Man and the 21st Century

Address by Mortimer J. Adler, October 10, 1952, audio and text at the Commonwealth Club of California.

"The announcement that I was to talk to you today on the 21st century, I think had its origin in the fact that last May and June, the time that I was trying to explain the work of the Institute of Philosophical Research to the press, I did say, I did mean, more than say, I meant that this work would probably take something around 50 years to do and its effect might be felt in the 21st century, if not the 20th."