{"id":32976,"date":"2025-08-02T03:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/2025\/08\/02\/mortimer-adler-philosophe\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:09:57","slug":"mortimer-adler-philosophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/fr\/2025\/08\/02\/mortimer-adler-philosophe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortimer Adler, Philosophe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element awb-imageframe-style awb-imageframe-style-below awb-imageframe-style-1\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mortimer.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-32977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mortimer-200x166.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mortimer-400x333.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mortimer.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-container\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption\"><p class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-text\">\"\u00c0 cette \u00e9poque de l'ann\u00e9e, je me souviens du rituel hivernal de Mortimer. Un certain jour, il envoyait l'une des jeunes femmes chercher des sodas au chocolat pour tout le monde. Ensuite, il sortait de quelque part une bouteille de seigle et en versait une ou deux rasades dans chaque tasse. Ce m\u00e9lange \u00e9tait connu sous le nom de \"Aspen Crud\". --- Robert McHenry, ancien r\u00e9dacteur en chef de l'Encyclopaedia Britannica<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-dotted\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#005b8c;border-color:#005b8c;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align:right;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-small button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#105378;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#105378;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#105378;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/fr\/2025\/08\/02\/charles-van-doren-eb-vice-president-de-la-redaction-2\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Suivant<\/span><i class=\"fa-angle-double-right fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 awb-text-cols fusion-text-columns-2\" style=\"--awb-columns:2;--awb-column-spacing:2em;--awb-column-min-width:100px;\"><p><span class=\"fusion-dropcap dropcap\">M<\/span>ortimer J. Adler, a precocious student (and later critic) of philosopher John Dewey at Columbia University, had also been attracted to the University of Chicago in the 1930s. Hutchins lui a trouv\u00e9 des postes en philosophie et en psychologie, ainsi qu&rsquo;\u00e0 la facult\u00e9 de droit de l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 de Chicago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26877\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26877\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26876\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-Indexing-Papers-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-Indexing-Papers-200x188.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-Indexing-Papers-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-Indexing-Papers-400x377.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-Indexing-Papers.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mortimer Adler with Indexing for Great Books of the Western World<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Adler \u00e9tait un \u00e9vang\u00e9liste en faveur d&rsquo;une \u00e9ducation large et lib\u00e9rale et un critique virulent de la sp\u00e9cialisation disciplinaire qui commen\u00e7ait \u00e0 porter ses fruits dans les universit\u00e9s am\u00e9ricaines.<\/p>\n<p>Ses arguments passionn\u00e9s et ceux de Hutchins en faveur d&rsquo;un programme d&rsquo;\u00e9tudes de premier cycle bas\u00e9 sur les textes classiques de la civilisation occidentale ont d\u00e9clench\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es de d\u00e9bats stimulants, bien qu&rsquo;acrimonieux, \u00e0 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 1930.<\/p>\n<p>La conviction d&rsquo;Adler d&rsquo;exposer les \u00e9tudiants de premier cycle aux classiques correspondait \u00e0 l&rsquo;opinion de Hutchins selon laquelle \u00ab\u00a0ce dont la nation a besoin, c&rsquo;est de plus de bacheliers instruits et de moins de docteurs ignorants\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>On entendit bient\u00f4t des gens r\u00e9citer : \u00ab\u00a0Il n&rsquo;y a pas d&rsquo;autre Dieu qu&rsquo;Adler, et Hutchins est son proph\u00e8te.\u00a0\u00bb On a \u00e9galement entendu des \u00e9tudiants chanter un vieux standard du Nouvel An avec un nouveau refrain, \u00ab\u00a0Should auld Aquinas be forgot\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26883\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26883\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26882\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-by-books-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"Adler, Mortimer with Books\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-by-books-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-by-books-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Adler-Mortimer-by-books.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adler, Mortimer avec Les grands livres du monde occidental<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Adler a ensuite aid\u00e9 Hutchins \u00e0 achever le travail \u00e9ditorial sur le canon unique de 54 volumes de l&rsquo;histoire intellectuelle <em>occidentale<\/em> de Britannica, <em>Great Books of the Western World<\/em>. L&rsquo;ensemble a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 en 1952, l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e m\u00eame o\u00f9 Adler a quitt\u00e9 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 de Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>En d\u00e9pit de son prestige intellectuel \u00e0 travers les si\u00e8cles (d&rsquo;Hom\u00e8re, Aristote et Aquin \u00e0 Freud), Britannica a vendu la \u00ab\u00a0Folie de Benton\u00a0\u00bb aux Am\u00e9ricains ordinaires avec beaucoup de succ\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p>Dans les ann\u00e9es 1950, la 14e \u00e9dition de l&rsquo;<em>Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/em> montrait des signes de vieillissement. \u00c0 cette \u00e9poque, Benton avait \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 secr\u00e9taire d&rsquo;\u00c9tat adjoint (il avait imagin\u00e9 la Voix de l&rsquo;Am\u00e9rique) et s\u00e9nateur am\u00e9ricain (d\u00e9mocrate du Connecticut et premier \u00e0 d\u00e9noncer le s\u00e9nateur Joe McCarthy). <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27914\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27914\" class=\"wp-image-27913 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1989120164.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1989 Mortimer Adler (avec sa canne) se joint \u00e0 mon \u00e9pouse Cathy, \u00e0 moi-m\u00eame et \u00e0 d&rsquo;autres membres du Bureau ex\u00e9cutif lors de la f\u00eate de No\u00ebl annuelle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir quitt\u00e9 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 de Chicago, Hutchins a dirig\u00e9 le groupe de r\u00e9flexion Fund for the Republic, cr\u00e9\u00e9 avec l&rsquo;aide de la Fondation Ford. Le Fonds avait contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 financer l&rsquo;Institut de recherche philosophique d&rsquo;Adler \u00e0 San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Lorsque Benton r\u00e9unit son \u00e9quipe \u00e9ditoriale pour pr\u00e9parer la 15e \u00e9dition, il trouve Adler \u00e0 San Francisco, o\u00f9 il termine son ouvrage en deux volumes, The Idea of Freedom (1958-61).<\/p>\n<p>En d\u00e9cembre 1962, alors qu&rsquo;Adler f\u00eate son soixanti\u00e8me anniversaire, son institut ne va nulle part, son mariage a \u00e9chou\u00e9 et il est endett\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Il \u00e9tait donc d&rsquo;humeur r\u00e9ceptive lorsque William Benton lui a tendu la main :<\/p>\n<p><em>Revenez \u00e0 Chicago, Mortimer, et aidez-moi \u00e0 cr\u00e9er une nouvelle et plus grande Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. Non seulement je vous verserai un salaire princier et financerai l&rsquo;Institut, mais je soutiendrai \u00e9galement une s\u00e9rie de conf\u00e9rences Benton \u00e0 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 de Chicago, qui pourront constituer le premier pas vers une nouvelle carri\u00e8re pour vous &#8211; et une \u00e9ducation pour eux.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Accepter l&rsquo;offre de Benton de le payer 100 000 dollars par an \u00e0 vie fut la chose la plus intelligente que Mortimer ait jamais faite, d&rsquo;autant plus qu&rsquo;il v\u00e9cut jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 98 ans. D\u00e8s son retour \u00e0 Chicago, Mortimer a cr\u00e9\u00e9 son propre bureau et a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 produire des livres ind\u00e9pendants pour Britannica. Pour l&rsquo;aider, il engage Charles Van Doren, un ancien universitaire qui avait besoin d&rsquo;un emploi. Robert McHenry, un jeune \u00e9diteur EB, a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9tach\u00e9 par Britannica aupr\u00e8s de Mortimer et a travaill\u00e9 pour Van Doren pendant un certain nombre d&rsquo;ann\u00e9es.   <\/p>\n<p>McHenry sera plus tard r\u00e9dacteur en chef de l&rsquo;EB dans les ann\u00e9es 1990. Lorsque je lui ai r\u00e9cemment \u00e9crit pour lui demander quel r\u00f4le Mortimer avait jou\u00e9 par la suite dans le d\u00e9veloppement de la<sup>15e<\/sup> \u00e9dition <em>de l&rsquo;Encyclopaedia Britannica<\/em>, il m&rsquo;a adress\u00e9 une critique acerbe \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9gard d&rsquo;Adler : <\/p>\n<p><em>La conception et la planification de la 15e \u00e9dition ont \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9es \u00e0 Mortimer. En tant que Charon de Benton, il ne pouvait en \u00eatre autrement. Il est douteux que Benton ou l&rsquo;un des cadres d&rsquo;EB ait jamais s\u00e9rieusement r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;est ou devrait \u00eatre une encyclop\u00e9die. Mortimer avait une id\u00e9e bien pr\u00e9cise : l&rsquo;encyclop\u00e9die devait \u00eatre un outil permettant d&rsquo;\u00e9duquer l&rsquo;utilisateur, et non pas simplement de l&rsquo;informer. Pour Mortimer, l&rsquo;information &#8211; quel est le poids atomique du carbone ? ou la capitale du Dakota du Sud ? &#8211; \u00e9taient des choses banales, dont aucune quantit\u00e9 n&rsquo;\u00e9quivalait \u00e0 la connaissance, et encore moins \u00e0 la sagesse. Il a imagin\u00e9 l&rsquo;encyclop\u00e9die id\u00e9ale comme un r\u00e9sum\u00e9 de ce que les personnes les mieux inform\u00e9es dans les domaines acad\u00e9miques traditionnels croient savoir du monde. L&rsquo;encyclop\u00e9die devrait \u00eatre organis\u00e9e de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 conduire syst\u00e9matiquement l&rsquo;utilisateur d&rsquo;un sujet \u00e0 un autre, d&rsquo;une id\u00e9e simple \u00e0 une id\u00e9e plus complexe. L&rsquo;objectif doit \u00eatre de permettre \u00e0 l&rsquo;utilisateur d&rsquo;approcher une compr\u00e9hension de ce que Matthew Arnold appelait \u00ab\u00a0le meilleur de ce qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 pens\u00e9 ou dit\u00a0\u00bb.         <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mortimer a surpris un jour une r\u00e9union des r\u00e9dacteurs de l&rsquo;EB en d\u00e9clarant : \u00ab\u00a0Je ne me consid\u00e8re pas comme une personne bien inform\u00e9e et je ne souhaite pas l&rsquo;\u00eatre\u00a0\u00bb. Une fois le choc pass\u00e9, il a expliqu\u00e9 : \u00ab\u00a0Je m&rsquo;efforce d&rsquo;\u00eatre une personne \u00e9duqu\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb, et il \u00e9tait fermement convaincu que tel devrait \u00eatre l&rsquo;objectif de chacun. Tout comme les Grands Livres du monde occidental \u00e9taient un moyen essentiel d&rsquo;atteindre cet objectif, la Britannica devrait l&rsquo;\u00eatre \u00e9galement.  <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26899\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26899\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26898\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15th-Edition-Propaedia-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15th-Edition-Propaedia-200x166.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15th-Edition-Propaedia-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15th-Edition-Propaedia-400x332.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15th-Edition-Propaedia.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le volume Propaedia de la 15e \u00e9dition de l&rsquo;Encyclopaedia Britannica<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Le probl\u00e8me, selon McHenry, est que presque personne n&rsquo;utilise une encyclop\u00e9die de cette mani\u00e8re : \u00ab\u00a0La plupart des gens cherchent des poids atomiques ou des capitales. Certains pourraient \u00eatre amen\u00e9s \u00e0 enqu\u00eater sur l&rsquo;histoire de la conception et de la mesure du poids atomique ou sur l&rsquo;identit\u00e9 de \u00ab\u00a0Pierre\u00a0\u00bb ? Le d\u00e9sastre qui s&rsquo;ensuivit dans la pens\u00e9e de McHenry fut que lorsque la<sup>15e<\/sup> \u00e9dition en 30 volumes fut publi\u00e9e en 1974, elle \u00e9tait mal structur\u00e9e. Les articles courts se trouvaient dans les volumes <em>Micropaedia <\/em><em>, <\/em>les articles de cette section contenant des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences crois\u00e9es avec les articles longs de la section <em>Macropaedia<\/em> de l&rsquo;encyclop\u00e9die. Une <em>Propaedia<\/em>en un seul volume servait d&rsquo;aper\u00e7u des connaissances contenues dans l&rsquo;ensemble de l&rsquo;encyclop\u00e9die. Il n&rsquo;a pas fallu longtemps \u00e0 EB pour consid\u00e9rer l&rsquo;absence d&rsquo;un index autonome comme une erreur fondamentale de conception et comme un obstacle majeur aux ventes sur l&rsquo;important march\u00e9 de l&rsquo;\u00e9ducation. Le rem\u00e8de n\u00e9cessaire a consist\u00e9 en une restructuration majeure et co\u00fbteuse de la<sup>15e<\/sup> \u00e9dition en 32 volumes, dont deux \u00e9taient les volumes d&rsquo;index A \u00e0 Z qui manquaient depuis longtemps. Cette restructuration a pris plus de dix ans et n&rsquo;a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e qu&rsquo;en 1985, l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 j&rsquo;ai pass\u00e9 un entretien pour le poste de directeur juridique d&rsquo;EB.      <\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:right;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-small button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#105378;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#105378;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#105378;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/fr\/2025\/08\/02\/charles-van-doren-eb-vice-president-de-la-redaction-2\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Suivant<\/span><i class=\"fa-angle-double-right fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-dotted\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#005b8c;border-color:#005b8c;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1158,1150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-emeutes-et-fusees-inventer-lavenir-eb","category-riots-and-rockets-menu-principal-navigation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mortimer Adler, Philosophe - William J. 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