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Wisdom Magazine Complete Run

Wisdom was an ambitious American cultural magazine published from 1956 to 1960 by the publishers of the Encyclopædia Britannica . Conceived in large part by Mortimer J. Adler , it sought to bring the ideas of the Great Books movement to a broad audience. Rather than focusing on current events or popular entertainment, Wisdom featured essays by leading scholars, scientists, philosophers, historians, and writers on enduring questions of civilization, art, science, religion, and human thought. Each issue was produced to unusually high standards, with quality paper, rich color illustrations, and carefully designed layouts. Contributors included many of the twentieth century’s foremost intellectuals, making the magazine feel more like a beautifully illustrated anthology than a conventional periodical. Although it lasted only for 39 issues, Wisdom has become highly regarded among collectors of Great Books, Franklin Library, and Encyclopædia Britannica material. It represents an important attempt to continue the “Great Conversation” outside the classroom and beyond the Great Books of the Western World itself, making serious ideas accessible to the general reader in an elegant and approach

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