The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

Allan Bloom

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Tyranny Overton window Freedom of thought

Author

Allan Bloom

Source

The Closing of the American Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Academic Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Simon & Schuster, 1987, pt. 3.

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Locke, John. Second Treatise of Civil Government, edited by C. B. Macpherson. Hackett Publishing Company, 1980, ch. 18, sect. 202.