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Allan Bloom quotes

American Philosopher September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992

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True openness is the accompaniment of the desire to know, hence of the awareness of ignorance. To deny the possibility of knowing good and bad is to suppress true openness. Allan Bloom
The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom quote: "Nothing is more singular about this generation than its..."
Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music. Allan Bloom
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. Allan Bloom
Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? Allan Bloom
These sociologists who talk to facilely about the sacred are like a man who keeps a toothless old circus lion around the house in order to experience the thrills of the jungle. Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom quote: "The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America."
The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom quote: "The real community of man is the community of those who seek..."
The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers. Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom quote: "The most important function of the university in an age of..."
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself. Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom quote: "Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is..."
Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion. Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom quote: "As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition,..."
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. Allan Bloom
Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice. Allan Bloom

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