Allan Bloom
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Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell Universit
Bloom in 1989
Leo Strauss
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Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher and historian of philosophy whose work greatly influenced twentieth-century political theory in the United States and the study of classical pol
Allan Bloom
…Allan David Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Tel Aviv University, Yale University…
Strauss in 1939
The University of Chicago, the school with which Strauss is most closely associated
Strauss's study of philosophy and political discourses produced by the Islamic civilization—especially those of Al-Farabi (pictured) and Maimonides—was instrumental in the development of his theory of reading.