To: Federalist 78
Published in 1987 by Professor Allen Bloom was a study entitled "The Closing of the American Mind." What is the cause? American universities do not pay sufficient attention to Plato and Socrates.
A brilliant work and all men were highly influential.
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12/26/2003 5:36:27 PM PST by
Helms
To: Helms
"Published in 1987 by Professor Allen Bloom was a study entitled "The Closing of the American Mind." What is the cause? American universities do not pay sufficient attention to Plato and Socrates."
A great book, but the trouble with this paragraph is that it isn't accurate.
The Closing of the American Mind doesn't argue that Americans have become narrow because we've ignored Plato. The book argues that the educational crisis that has overtaken America is due to German relativist philosophy which has undermined the status of reason within Western society.
This crisis isn't something that can be overcome by a new set of priorities. It will require a philosophical defense of reason and a broadside attack on Weber and Nietzsche.
To: Helms
But Only Christ changed Time.Only Christ came to die that
we might live.All the others had limited spheres of some
influence,but their work has been proven fallible.Only
Christ and His Way have withstood every test.And not even the anti-Christ ,nor the evolutionist,nor the pagan can
compare.
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