@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"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."
✒ #AllanBloom, American philosopher and educator, #DOTD 7 October 1992. #Philosophy
@daily-phil.bsky.socialAllan Bloom's ideas remain controversial, but they continue to force us to confront difficult questions about education, culture, truth, and what it means to live a meaningful life.
What do you think of his ideas?
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social“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.”
✒️ #AllanBloom, American philosopher and author (The Closing of the American Mind), was #BOTD 14 September 1930. #Philosophy
