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Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Commitment is a word invented in our abstract

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Education is the movement from darkness to light. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The facile economic and psychological debunking of the

The facile economic and psychological debunking of the theoretical life cannot do away with its irreducible beauties. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Every age is blind to its own worst

Every age is blind to its own worst madness. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The self is the modern substitute for the

The self is the modern substitute for the soul. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: It may well be that a societys greatest

It may well be that a societys greatest madness seems normal to itself. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Openness, as currently conceived, is a way of

Openness, as currently conceived, is a way of making surrender to whatever is most powerful, or worship of vulgar success, look principled. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: I have no desire ... to preach a

I have no desire ... to preach a high-minded and merely edifying version of love — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The substance of my being has been informed

The substance of my being has been informed by the books I learned to care for. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The sirens sing sotto voce these days, and

The sirens sing sotto voce these days, and the young already have enough wax in their ears to pass them by without danger. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing

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

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: [A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure,

[A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Leisure became entertainment. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but

Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of enlightenment. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Openness used to be the virtue that permitted

Openness used to be the virtue that permitted us to seek the good by using reason. It now means accepting everything and denying reason's power. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By E.D. Hirsch Jr.: I'm sure that if Plato hadn't been against

I'm sure that if Plato hadn't been against music with a strong sexual beat, Bloom would have kept quiet about rock-and-roll. — E.D. Hirsch Jr.

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: I suggest that we need a generation or

I suggest that we need a generation or two not of theory but of an attempt to discover the real phenomena of eros. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: One has to have the experience of really

One has to have the experience of really believing before one can have the thrill of liberation. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: To recognize that some of the things our

To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The students [of the 60s] substituted conspicuous compassion

The students [of the 60s] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents conspicuous consumption. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Law may prescribe that the male nipples be

Law may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Authentic values are those by which a life

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: There is no real teacher who in practice

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: An education, other than purely professional or technical,

An education, other than purely professional or technical, can even seem to be an impediment. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: I am not a conservative - neo or

I am not a conservative - neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook ... I just do not happen to be that animal. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Most of all I admire Mozart's capacity to

Most of all I admire Mozart's capacity to be both deep and rational, a combination often said to be impossible. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The spirit is at home, if not entirely

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: This nation's impulse is toward the future, and

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Nothing is more singular about this generation than

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: University convention submerges nature. It issues licenses, and

University convention submerges nature. It issues licenses, and hunting without one is forbidden. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: We need history, not to tell us what

We need history, not to tell us what happened or to explain the past, but to make the past alive so that it can explain us and make a future possible. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The artist is the most interesting of all

The artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: As soon as tradition has come to be

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The most important function of the university in

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The importance of these [college] years for an

The importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: There is no real education that does not

There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that

Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion. — Allan Bloom

Bloom Allan Quotes By Allan Bloom: The real community of man is the community

The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers. — Allan Bloom