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

Quote by Allan Bloom

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

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

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

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

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The...

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The...

The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of...

The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of...

There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering...

There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering...

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

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

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a...

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a...

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only...

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only...

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment...

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment...

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the...

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the...

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only...

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only...

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

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

Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might...

Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most...

Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most...

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

A Socrates in every classroom.

A Socrates in every classroom.