Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might yearn for completion, and to reconstruct the learning that would enable them autonomously to seek that completion. Allan Bloom autonomouslycompletioneducation Change image and share on social
Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion. Allan Bloom beliefestablishillusion Change image and share on social
Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloom darknesseducationlight Change image and share on social
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 answerconsiderationeasy 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
Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music. Allan Bloom addictiongenerationmusic Change image and share on social
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
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it. Allan Bloom arrivecriticalcynical Change image and share on social
Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts. Allan Bloom authenticdeedform Change image and share on social
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 actexistencemagic Change image and share on social
