Allan Bloom Quote

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.


Closing of the American Mind (ed. 1988)


Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.