Allan Bloom's Quote - Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he w

Quote by Allan Bloom

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? – Allan Bloom

Other quotes by Allan Bloom

Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure has become entertainment. – Allan Bloom

Category:

Laziness

Author

Allan Bloom

Read Quote

Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might yearn for completion, and to reconstruct the learning that would enable them autonomously to seek that completion. – Allan Bloom

Category:

Education

Author

Allan Bloom

Read Quote

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. – Allan Bloom

Category:

Tradition

Author

Allan Bloom

Read Quote

Other Quotes from

Ignorance & Stupidity

Random Quotes

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. – Mahatma Gandhi

Category:

God

When I look at a lot of older stuff that Ive written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard. – David Sedaris

Category:

Humor

Doors open because youre beautiful, but I wouldnt cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains. – Tia Carrere

Category:

Beauty

The future is as bright as the promises of God. – William Carey

Category:

Future, The