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.

Allan Bloom

The Closing of the American Mind

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Ignorance of history Books

Author

Allan Bloom

Source

The Closing of the American Mind

Genre

Political literature 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.

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