Aristotle's follower and explainer, Mortimer Adler, isn't my favorite, either. He's too much the "philosopher for the common man," too much the village explainer and too little the poet or prophet, too much the "little guy," but his works are an interesting and accessible introduction to philosophy.
What's most admirable about Adler is his rare passion -- not so much for ideas or theories, since that's not so rare a passion -- but for arguments and reason. For too many other writers on philosophy, the criteria for judgement are one's own political views or personal subjective preferences, but Adler is really concerned with where thinking and arguing actually take us.
It often looks like both Aristotle and his disciple Adler try to tie the world firmly down too much and make it look logical or rational and explained. It's natural that we rebel against such an overly logical and thoroughly explained view of the universe and natural to want to break up established systems to let in more air, but when we come to Aristotle and his disciple in a calmer mood, we'll find much in them that is valuable and truly wise.