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Biography of Allan David Bloom
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Allan David Bloom (1930-1992) was an American political philosopher, professor, and author. An advocate of the Western philosophical tradition, he translated classic authors such as Plato and Rousseau, but he was best known for his criticism of...


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Allan David Bloom ( 14 September , 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – 7 October , 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of ' Great Books ' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss , and...


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Allan David Bloom (14 September, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – 7 October, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of 'Great Books' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss, and...


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The Washington Post
Author Allan Bloom Dies at 62
10/08/1992: 318 words, approx. 1 pages
Allan Bloom, author of the 1987 best-seller "The Closing of the American Mind," a scathing critique of America's colleges and universities, died Oct. 7 in Chicago. He was 62. Mr. Bloom, a University of Chicago professor, died of peptic ulcer bleeding complicated by...
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National Review
Allan Bloom: Opening the American Mind.
12/19/2005: 1,221 words, approx. 4 pages
ALLAN BLOOM Opening the American Mind 'SO, what do you think about Me?" asked Allan Bloom, audibly capitalizing the personal pronoun and laughing like a big delighted child at the hornet's nest of trouble he'd stirred up. Since the publication of...
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The New York Observer
Events for October 3, 2007
10/2/2007: 258 words, approx. 1 pages
8:30 a.m. The Manhattan Institute will host conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Allan Bloom's book, “The Closing of the American Mind” at the Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd Street. 9 a.m. Operation HOPE will open a new education and banking center in Harlem...
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The New York Observer
Olin Foundation, Right-Wing Tank, Snuffing Itself
5/8/2005: 1,928 words, approx. 6 pages
Shortly before 4 o'clock on a crisp April afternoon, James Piereson, the executive director of the John M. Olin Foundation, sat in the foundation's sparse conference room in midtown, looking like a man who had just devoured a particularly satisfying steak."I guess I would say,...
 


 

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