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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

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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.