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 absolutelybelieveenter Change image and share on social
The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers. Allan Bloom communityknowerman Change image and share on social
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. Allan Bloom deadrecognizetradition Change image and share on social
Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later. Allan Bloom authoritychildentertainment share on social
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 easyhighignorant Change image and share on social
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. Allan Bloom aspirationchildcompetence Change image and share on social
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself. Allan Bloom agefunctionimportant Change image and share on social
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is. Allan Bloom beliefbookenfeeble Change image and share on social
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 beautifulcivilizationflourish share on social
