There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.
Allan BloomFathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
Allan BloomOpenness, as currently conceived, is a way of making surrender to whatever is most powerful, or worship of vulgar success, look principled.
Allan BloomLaw may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk.
Allan Bloom