Charles Van Doren, figure in game show scandals, dies at 93

Dave Collins of the Associated Press, at the Chicago Tribune.

"Van Doren later joined the Institute for Philosophical Research, a nonprofit Chicago think tank, and worked at Chicago-based Encyclopaedia Britannica for many years. Among his books were 'The Idea of Progress,' a philosophical work, and 'A History of Knowledge; Past, Present, and Future.'"

He also wrote The Joy of Reading (1985, 2008) and, with Mortimer J. Adler, edited Great Treasury of Western Thought. (1977)

I was privileged to hear his Remembrance at Mortimer Adler's Memorial Service, which included this.

"And then there came the time when I fell down, face down in the mud, and he picked me up, brushed me off, and gave me a job."

See "Love 2b. Friendly, tender, or altruistic love; fraternal love" in the Syntopicon.

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