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

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.

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...

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every...

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...