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Allan Bloom Quotes

Their souls are like mirrors, not of nature, but of what is around Picture Quote #1

They learned to doubt beliefs even before they believed in anything Picture Quote #1

Science is itself one of the modifications of amour - propre, the love of inequality Picture Quote #1

There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display Picture Quote #1

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part Picture Quote #1

This nation’s impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man Picture Quote #1

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself Picture Quote #1

Nietzsche said the newspaper had replaced the prayer in the life of the modern bourgeois, meaning that the busy, the cheap, the ephemeral, had usurped all that remained of the eternal in his daily life Picture Quote #1

Culture as art is the peak expression of man’s creativity, his capacity to break out of nature’s narrow bounds, and hence out of the degrading interpretation of man in modern natural and political science Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Openness, as currently conceived, is a way of making surrender to whatever is most powerful, or worship of vulgar success, look principled Picture Quote #1

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The substance of my being has been informed by the books I learned to care for Picture Quote #1

Law may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk Picture Quote #1

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Never did I think that the university was properly ministerial to the society around it. Rather I thought and think that society is ministerial to the university, and I bless a society that tolerates and supports an eternal childhood for some, a childhood whose playfulness can in turn be a blessing to society Picture Quote #1

Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle of legitimacy that breaks the inner will to resist... Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience Picture Quote #1

There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one’s debts, respecting one’s parents and doing no voluntary harm to anyone. Those are all things easy to say and hard to do; they do not attract much attention, and win little honor in the world Picture Quote #1

The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he must die... His whole life is absorbed in avoiding death, which is inevitable, and therefore he might be thought to be the most irrational of men, if rationality has anything to do with understanding ends or comprehending the human situation as such. He gives way without reserve to his most powerful passion and the wishes it engenders Picture Quote #1

The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside Picture Quote #1

Our language is the product of … extraordinary thought and philosophical greatness. … there is a lifetime and more of study here, which would turn our impoverishing certitudes into humanizing doubts Picture Quote #1

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Philosophy is not a doctrine but a way of life, so the philosophers, for all the differences in their teachings, have more in common with one another than with anyone else, even their own followers Picture Quote #1

The Bible is not the only means to furnish a mind, but without a book of similar gravity, read with the gravity of the potential believer, it will remain unfurnished Picture Quote #1

The essence of philosophy is the abandonment of all authority in favor of individual human reason Picture Quote #1

Reason is only one part of the soul's economy and requires a balance of the other parts in order to function properly Picture Quote #1

Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience Picture Quote #1

Falling in love with the idea of the university is not a folly, for only by means of it is one able to see what can be Picture Quote #1

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Their souls are like mirrors, not of nature, but of what is around (Allan Bloom Quotes) They learned to doubt beliefs even before they believed in anything (Allan Bloom Quotes) Science is itself one of the modifications of amour - propre, the love of inequality (Allan Bloom Quotes) There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display (Allan Bloom Quotes) We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part (Allan Bloom Quotes) This nation’s impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration (Allan Bloom Quotes) 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 Quotes) The artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man (Allan Bloom Quotes) The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself (Allan Bloom Quotes) Nietzsche said the newspaper had replaced the prayer in the life of the modern bourgeois, meaning that the busy, the cheap, the ephemeral, had usurped all that remained of the eternal in his daily life (Allan Bloom Quotes) Culture as art is the peak expression of man’s creativity, his capacity to break out of nature’s narrow bounds, and hence out of the degrading interpretation of man in modern natural and political science (Allan Bloom Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Openness, as currently conceived, is a way of making surrender to whatever is most powerful, or worship of vulgar success, look principled (Allan Bloom Quotes) Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment (Allan Bloom Quotes) 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 Quotes) The substance of my being has been informed by the books I learned to care for (Allan Bloom Quotes) Law may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk (Allan Bloom Quotes) Never did I think that the university was properly ministerial to the society around it. Rather I thought and think that society is ministerial to the university, and I bless a society that tolerates and supports an eternal childhood for some, a childhood whose playfulness can in turn be a blessing to society (Allan Bloom Quotes) Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle of legitimacy that breaks the inner will to resist... Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience (Allan Bloom Quotes) There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one’s debts, respecting one’s parents and doing no voluntary harm to anyone. Those are all things easy to say and hard to do; they do not attract much attention, and win little honor in the world (Allan Bloom Quotes) The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he must die... His whole life is absorbed in avoiding death, which is inevitable, and therefore he might be thought to be the most irrational of men, if rationality has anything to do with understanding ends or comprehending the human situation as such. He gives way without reserve to his most powerful passion and the wishes it engenders (Allan Bloom Quotes) The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside (Allan Bloom Quotes) Our language is the product of … extraordinary thought and philosophical greatness. … there is a lifetime and more of study here, which would turn our impoverishing certitudes into humanizing doubts (Allan Bloom Quotes) Philosophy is not a doctrine but a way of life, so the philosophers, for all the differences in their teachings, have more in common with one another than with anyone else, even their own followers (Allan Bloom Quotes) The Bible is not the only means to furnish a mind, but without a book of similar gravity, read with the gravity of the potential believer, it will remain unfurnished (Allan Bloom Quotes) The essence of philosophy is the abandonment of all authority in favor of individual human reason (Allan Bloom Quotes) Reason is only one part of the soul's economy and requires a balance of the other parts in order to function properly (Allan Bloom Quotes) Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience (Allan Bloom Quotes) Falling in love with the idea of the university is not a folly, for only by means of it is one able to see what can be (Allan Bloom Quotes)

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