"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

Allan 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?

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“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