Allan Bloom Quote

Science, in freeing men, destroys the natural condition that makes them human. Hence, for the first time in history, there is the possibility of a tyranny grounded not on ignorance, but on science.


The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed, Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students, Part Three, Swift's Doubts (p. 295)


Science, in freeing men, destroys the natural condition that makes them human. Hence, for the first time in history, there is the possibility of a...

Science, in freeing men, destroys the natural condition that makes them human. Hence, for the first time in history, there is the possibility of a...

Science, in freeing men, destroys the natural condition that makes them human. Hence, for the first time in history, there is the possibility of a...

Science, in freeing men, destroys the natural condition that makes them human. Hence, for the first time in history, there is the possibility of a...