How long does it take to read How to Think About the Great Ideas?
from the great books of western civilization
How to Think About the Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler takes about 9 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 43 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2000. 530 pages, about 145,750 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"It was Adler who first understood that there are a definite number of Great Ideas (102, later increased to 103) which form the core of the thought of Western Civilization and the keys to understanding the Great Books.". "How to Think about the Great Ideas, newly adapted from Dr. Adler's TV lectures, explores such Great Ideas as Art, Democracy, Emotion, God, Love, Truth, and Work. It can be read either as an introduction to philosophy or as a thought-provoking treatment of selected philosophical issues."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Great books of the Western World, Philosophy, Civilization, western
