Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.
Felix Adler Quotes
To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.
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| Birth: | 13th August, 1851 |
| Death: | 24th April, 1933 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Professor, Social Reformer |
About
Felix Adler was born in Alzey, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany. He was a German-born American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. He graduated from Columbia University in 1870 with honors. He received a PhD from Heidelberg University in 1873. In 1902 he was given the chair of political and social ethics at Columbia University, where he taught until his death in 1933. He wrote several books include: Creed and Deed, The Moral Instruction of Children, Life and Destiny, The Religion of Duty, Marriage and Divorce, An Ethical Philosophy of Life, and The Essentials of Spirituality.
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