Center for the Study of The Great Ideas, founded by Mortimer J. Adler
The CENTER has two primary missions:
One, to help awaken citizens from their moral and intellectual slumbers and to help them understand why philosophy is everybody’s business: the possibility of finding sound and practical answers to questions about the good life and good society. And philosophy’s ability to answer the most basic normative questions,WHAT OUGHT WE SEEK IN LIFE? And HOW OUGHT WE SEEK IT?
Two, to promulgate the insights and ideals embedded in Dr. Adler’s lifelong intellectual work in the fields of Philosophy, Liberal Education, Ethics and Politics. To continue functioning as THE resource for, access to, and the on-going interpretation of his work.
What does it mean to achieve?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achieve
transitive verb (has a direct object)
1: to carry out successfully : accomplish <achieve a gradual increase in production>
2: to get or attain as the result of exertion : reach <achieveda high degree of skill> <achieved greatness>
intransitive verb (does not have a direct object)
: to attain a desired end or aim : become successful
My Paraphrase: To get what one desires, preferably without stepping on others in the process.
(I prefer the intransitive definition, leaving it simply as a desire, rather than the transitive definition of desiring an object.)
