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

Quote by Allan Bloom

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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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

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...

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...

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

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

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our...

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our...

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

The reason people blame things on the previous generations is that there's only one other...

The reason people blame things on the previous generations is that there's only one other...

I smoke and i drink and every time i blink i have a tiny dream...

I smoke and i drink and every time i blink i have a tiny dream...