Allan Bloom

@Intellectuals & Academics, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A philosopher, academician and classicist, Allan Bloom was widely known for his critique of American Universities, in failing to serve the fundamental needs of their students AIDS American Intellectuals & Academics Philosophers Virgo Celebrities A philosopher, academician and classicist, Allan Bloom was widely known for his critique of American Universities, in failing to serve the fundamental needs of their students. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to a second generation Jewish Orthodox Prussian couple who brought him up simply, but with solid values, a foundation on which he would expand all his life. When he was 13, he already wanted to go to the University of Chicago, having read about it in the Reader's Digest. A few years later, his dream became reality as his family moved to Chicago and he was admitted, at the early age of 16, to the gifted students program; inspired by Chicago University President Robert Hutchins, who sought to create a new generation of elite minds. Over the years, he studied with many great thinkers including, Leo Strauss, who perhaps influenced him the most, but also David Greene, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève, among others. All these people helped him formulate his premise and purpose of the need for university students to read the classics. In the book, ‘Closing of the American Mind’, Bloom writes: "The substance of my being has been informed by the books I learned to care for." This summarizes the gift Allan Bloom has left for humanity. All his works manifested his concern for the preservation of a philosophical way of life for future generations, whether political or literary. He left us with his own life as an example.

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Birthday: September 14, 1930 Died on: October 7, 1992 Nationality: American Famous: Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers Siblings: Lucille Universities: University of Chicago Cause of death: AIDS Information Detail Birthday September 14, 1930 Died on October 7, 1992 Nationality American Famous Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers Siblings Lucille Universities University of Chicago Cause of death AIDS Birth Place Indianapolis Religion Jewish Gender Male Sun Sign Virgo Born in Indianapolis Famous as Philosopher Died at Age 62

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Bloom did not marry and was totally committed to his own mission. He died on October 7, 1992 at the age of 62. Unsplash Personal Life

His last book ‘Love and Friendship’ was published posthumously. The book interpreted the meaning of love through the reading of a reading of novels by Stendhal, Jane Austen, Flaubert and other classics. Unsplash Personal Life

Bloom lived more for the advancement of humanity than he did for himself, although he did not reject his own needs; rather he was driven by the desire to teach. Unsplash Personal Life

Allan Bloom was born on September 14, 1930. Bloom's grandparents were Orthodox Jewish immigrants to Philadelphia. Bloom's parents, however, ended up in Indianapolis where Bloom was born. Both his parents worked for community improvement. Bloom also had an elder sister, Lucille. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was educated in the Indianapolis public school system until he was 16. During this time his family moved to Chicago, where he was admitted to the University of Chicago, from where he earned a B.A. in 1949. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Bloom began graduate work in cross-disciplinary studies with the elite, ‘Committee on Social Thought’, program. This is when he came under the influence of Leo Strauss, a German immigrant and political philosopher, whose teachings made him realize the aim of a truly liberal arts education. Unsplash Career

Bloom earned his Master's degree, in 1953 from the University of Chicago. As part of his graduate work, he taught philosophy, in Paris, at the ‘Ecole Normale Supérieur’, for the next two years. This is also when he studied under the Hegelian specialist, philosopher Alexandre Kojève. Unsplash Career

Bloom began teaching at the University of Chicago, following his Ph.D., in 1955 and taught with his colleague and friend Werner Dannhauser, the author of Nietzsche's View of Socrates. Unsplash Career

He went on to teach at Yale in 1962, serving as a visiting assistant professor. Unsplash Career

In 1963, he moved to Cornell and taught as assistant professor in political science. He was also a member of the Telluride Association, which aimed at grooming students and teaching them the basics of self-governance, by allowing them to manage the affairs of the association themselves. Unsplash Career

Bloom translated and interpreted many great works, but it was his translation of Plato's Republic in 1968 that won him the most acclaim. He was greatly influenced by his teacher and mentor, Leo Strauss, and this was evident in his interpretation. Unsplash Major Works

Bloom's most acclaimed book, ‘The Closing of the American Mind’, was published in 1987. The book received many positive reviews, but also stirred some great controversies. This is where, Bloom developed his idea of relativism, as being open to everything but where critical thinking could no longer function. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	September 14, 1930
Died on	October 7, 1992
Nationality	American
Famous	Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers
Siblings	Lucille
Universities	University of Chicago
Cause of death	AIDS
Birth Place	Indianapolis
Religion	Jewish
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Virgo
Born in	Indianapolis
Famous as	Philosopher
Died at Age	62

Allan Bloom

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Sep 14, 1930

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Indianapolis