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Allan Bloom Quotes

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part.
Allan Bloom

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Philosopher Quotes
Category:
American Philosopher Quotes
Year of Birth:
1930
Year of Death:
1992
Nationality:
American
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