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.

Quote by Allan Bloom

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred...

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred...

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of...

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for...

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for...

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...

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...

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...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is...

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is...

Teacher: 'Why didn't you do your homework?' Student; 'Sorry, but Kanye West didn't let me...

Teacher: 'Why didn't you do your homework?' Student; 'Sorry, but Kanye West didn't let me...