Allan Bloom
American philosopher and classicist (1930 to 1992); author of The Closing of the American Mind (1987).
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Almost every student entering university believes, or says, that truth is relative
There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative.
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Almost every student entering university believes, or says, that truth is relative
There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative.
The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster, 1987) Said c. 1987
Openness used to be the virtue that let us seek the good through reason
Openness used to be the virtue that permitted us to seek the good by using reason.
The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster, 1987) Said c. 1987
Education is the movement from darkness to light
Education is the movement from darkness to light.
The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster, 1987) Said c. 1987
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Nothing marks this generation more than its addiction to music
Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.
The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster, 1987) Said c. 1987
Students treat the relativity of truth as a moral postulate of a free society, not a theoretical insight
The relativity of truth is not a theoretical insight but a moral postulate, the condition of a free society, or so they see it.
The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster, 1987) Said c. 1987
People may live most truly while reading Plato and Shakespeare
Men may live more truly and fully in reading Plato and Shakespeare than at any other time, because then they are participating in essential being and are forgetting their accidental lives.
The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster, 1987) Said c. 1987
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