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If we read the Western Canon in order to form our social, political, or personal moral values, I firmly believe we will become monsters of selfishness and exploitation.
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Socrates, in Plato, formulates ideas of order: the Iliad, like Shakespeare, knows that a violent disorder is a great order.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Harold Bloom
Born:
July 11, 1930
Died:
October 14, 2019
(aged 89)
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