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Quote by Allan Bloom
The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradito

The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contraditory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of potential knowers… of all men to the extent that they know. – Allan Bloom

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There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. – Allan Bloom

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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

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Laziness
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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

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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! – Soren Kierkegaard

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I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s. – Richard Whately

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