Books
The Political Philosophy of Isocrates
– "The Political Philosophy of Isocrates," Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought, 1955.It is to be remarked that it is very difficult to find a philosophic discussion of the virtue of moderation in recent times; it is also in recent times that there has been almost no real… More
Letter to d’Alembert on the Theater in Politics and the Arts
– Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre, trans. Allan Bloom, The Free Press, 1960. Reprint, Cornell University Press (Agora Editions), 1968.The Republic of Plato
– The Republic of Plato, translated with notes and an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1968. Second edition: Basic Books, 1991.Excerpt: The Republic is the true Apology of Socrates, for only in the Republic does he give an adequate treatment of the theme which was forced on him by Athens’ accusation against… More
Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society
– Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society, by Marshall Berman, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep. 1974), pp. 1297-1299.Excerpt: This book is a model of a new kind of scholarship, passionate or committed scholarship. Its author attempts to look at the past by way of what he believes to be the most important… More
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Response to Hall
– "Response to Hall," Political Theory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1977), pp. 315-330.Excerpt: In the first place, Hall presupposes that he knows the Platonic teaching and reads his understanding of it into the text. Arguing against my contention that the best regime of the… More
The Education of Democratic Man: Emile
– "The Education of Democratic Man: Emile," Daedalus, Vol. 107, No. 3, Rousseau for Our Time (Summer 1978), pp. 135-153.Excerpt: Thus Emile is one of those rare total or synoptic books, a book with which one can live and which becomes deeper as one becomes deeper, a book comparable to Plato’s Republic,… More
Rousseau’s Emile
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile: or On Education, translated with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1979.Excerpt: Here then we have Rousseau’s response to Plato. Plato said that all men always begin by being prisoners in the cave. The cave is civil society considered in its effect on the… More
Lecture on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education
– The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education: Collected Essays, 1986.Excerpt: Therefore a truly political judgment is maintained so long as the issues are matters of life and death. Policy orientation helps keep the focus which we are too likely to lose. It… More
The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society
– "The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society: The Socratic View," The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Socratic Dialogues, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., Cornell University Press, 1987.The Ladder of Love
– "The Ladder of Love," Plato's Symposium, trans. Seth Benardete, University of Chicago Press, 2001. First published in Love and Friendship, Simon and Schuster, 1993.On Plato’s Apology of Socrates
Full Bloom
– Algis Valiunas, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2015.Excerpt: Yet is one right to believe that Bloom represented political philosophy at its highest reach, and that he spoke for the best life possible? During the season of Bloom’s… More
Essays
The Political Philosophy of Isocrates
– "The Political Philosophy of Isocrates," Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought, 1955.It is to be remarked that it is very difficult to find a philosophic discussion of the virtue of moderation in recent times; it is also in recent times that there has been almost no real… More
Letter to d’Alembert on the Theater in Politics and the Arts
– Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre, trans. Allan Bloom, The Free Press, 1960. Reprint, Cornell University Press (Agora Editions), 1968.The Republic of Plato
– The Republic of Plato, translated with notes and an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1968. Second edition: Basic Books, 1991.Excerpt: The Republic is the true Apology of Socrates, for only in the Republic does he give an adequate treatment of the theme which was forced on him by Athens’ accusation against… More
Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society
– Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society, by Marshall Berman, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep. 1974), pp. 1297-1299.Excerpt: This book is a model of a new kind of scholarship, passionate or committed scholarship. Its author attempts to look at the past by way of what he believes to be the most important… More
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Response to Hall
– "Response to Hall," Political Theory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1977), pp. 315-330.Excerpt: In the first place, Hall presupposes that he knows the Platonic teaching and reads his understanding of it into the text. Arguing against my contention that the best regime of the… More
The Education of Democratic Man: Emile
– "The Education of Democratic Man: Emile," Daedalus, Vol. 107, No. 3, Rousseau for Our Time (Summer 1978), pp. 135-153.Excerpt: Thus Emile is one of those rare total or synoptic books, a book with which one can live and which becomes deeper as one becomes deeper, a book comparable to Plato’s Republic,… More
Rousseau’s Emile
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile: or On Education, translated with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1979.Excerpt: Here then we have Rousseau’s response to Plato. Plato said that all men always begin by being prisoners in the cave. The cave is civil society considered in its effect on the… More
Lecture on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education
– The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education: Collected Essays, 1986.Excerpt: Therefore a truly political judgment is maintained so long as the issues are matters of life and death. Policy orientation helps keep the focus which we are too likely to lose. It… More
The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society
– "The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society: The Socratic View," The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Socratic Dialogues, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., Cornell University Press, 1987.The Ladder of Love
– "The Ladder of Love," Plato's Symposium, trans. Seth Benardete, University of Chicago Press, 2001. First published in Love and Friendship, Simon and Schuster, 1993.On Plato’s Apology of Socrates
Full Bloom
– Algis Valiunas, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2015.Excerpt: Yet is one right to believe that Bloom represented political philosophy at its highest reach, and that he spoke for the best life possible? During the season of Bloom’s… More
Commentary
The Political Philosophy of Isocrates
– "The Political Philosophy of Isocrates," Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought, 1955.It is to be remarked that it is very difficult to find a philosophic discussion of the virtue of moderation in recent times; it is also in recent times that there has been almost no real… More
Letter to d’Alembert on the Theater in Politics and the Arts
– Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre, trans. Allan Bloom, The Free Press, 1960. Reprint, Cornell University Press (Agora Editions), 1968.The Republic of Plato
– The Republic of Plato, translated with notes and an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1968. Second edition: Basic Books, 1991.Excerpt: The Republic is the true Apology of Socrates, for only in the Republic does he give an adequate treatment of the theme which was forced on him by Athens’ accusation against… More
Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society
– Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society, by Marshall Berman, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep. 1974), pp. 1297-1299.Excerpt: This book is a model of a new kind of scholarship, passionate or committed scholarship. Its author attempts to look at the past by way of what he believes to be the most important… More
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Response to Hall
– "Response to Hall," Political Theory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1977), pp. 315-330.Excerpt: In the first place, Hall presupposes that he knows the Platonic teaching and reads his understanding of it into the text. Arguing against my contention that the best regime of the… More
The Education of Democratic Man: Emile
– "The Education of Democratic Man: Emile," Daedalus, Vol. 107, No. 3, Rousseau for Our Time (Summer 1978), pp. 135-153.Excerpt: Thus Emile is one of those rare total or synoptic books, a book with which one can live and which becomes deeper as one becomes deeper, a book comparable to Plato’s Republic,… More
Rousseau’s Emile
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile: or On Education, translated with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1979.Excerpt: Here then we have Rousseau’s response to Plato. Plato said that all men always begin by being prisoners in the cave. The cave is civil society considered in its effect on the… More
Lecture on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education
– The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education: Collected Essays, 1986.Excerpt: Therefore a truly political judgment is maintained so long as the issues are matters of life and death. Policy orientation helps keep the focus which we are too likely to lose. It… More
The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society
– "The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society: The Socratic View," The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Socratic Dialogues, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., Cornell University Press, 1987.The Ladder of Love
– "The Ladder of Love," Plato's Symposium, trans. Seth Benardete, University of Chicago Press, 2001. First published in Love and Friendship, Simon and Schuster, 1993.On Plato’s Apology of Socrates
Full Bloom
– Algis Valiunas, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2015.Excerpt: Yet is one right to believe that Bloom represented political philosophy at its highest reach, and that he spoke for the best life possible? During the season of Bloom’s… More
Multimedia
The Political Philosophy of Isocrates
– "The Political Philosophy of Isocrates," Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought, 1955.It is to be remarked that it is very difficult to find a philosophic discussion of the virtue of moderation in recent times; it is also in recent times that there has been almost no real… More
Letter to d’Alembert on the Theater in Politics and the Arts
– Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre, trans. Allan Bloom, The Free Press, 1960. Reprint, Cornell University Press (Agora Editions), 1968.The Republic of Plato
– The Republic of Plato, translated with notes and an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1968. Second edition: Basic Books, 1991.Excerpt: The Republic is the true Apology of Socrates, for only in the Republic does he give an adequate treatment of the theme which was forced on him by Athens’ accusation against… More
Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society
– Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society, by Marshall Berman, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep. 1974), pp. 1297-1299.Excerpt: This book is a model of a new kind of scholarship, passionate or committed scholarship. Its author attempts to look at the past by way of what he believes to be the most important… More
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Response to Hall
– "Response to Hall," Political Theory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1977), pp. 315-330.Excerpt: In the first place, Hall presupposes that he knows the Platonic teaching and reads his understanding of it into the text. Arguing against my contention that the best regime of the… More
The Education of Democratic Man: Emile
– "The Education of Democratic Man: Emile," Daedalus, Vol. 107, No. 3, Rousseau for Our Time (Summer 1978), pp. 135-153.Excerpt: Thus Emile is one of those rare total or synoptic books, a book with which one can live and which becomes deeper as one becomes deeper, a book comparable to Plato’s Republic,… More
Rousseau’s Emile
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile: or On Education, translated with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1979.Excerpt: Here then we have Rousseau’s response to Plato. Plato said that all men always begin by being prisoners in the cave. The cave is civil society considered in its effect on the… More
Lecture on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education
– The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education: Collected Essays, 1986.Excerpt: Therefore a truly political judgment is maintained so long as the issues are matters of life and death. Policy orientation helps keep the focus which we are too likely to lose. It… More
The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society
– "The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society: The Socratic View," The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Socratic Dialogues, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., Cornell University Press, 1987.The Ladder of Love
– "The Ladder of Love," Plato's Symposium, trans. Seth Benardete, University of Chicago Press, 2001. First published in Love and Friendship, Simon and Schuster, 1993.On Plato’s Apology of Socrates
Full Bloom
– Algis Valiunas, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2015.Excerpt: Yet is one right to believe that Bloom represented political philosophy at its highest reach, and that he spoke for the best life possible? During the season of Bloom’s… More
Teaching
The Political Philosophy of Isocrates
– "The Political Philosophy of Isocrates," Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought, 1955.It is to be remarked that it is very difficult to find a philosophic discussion of the virtue of moderation in recent times; it is also in recent times that there has been almost no real… More
Letter to d’Alembert on the Theater in Politics and the Arts
– Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre, trans. Allan Bloom, The Free Press, 1960. Reprint, Cornell University Press (Agora Editions), 1968.The Republic of Plato
– The Republic of Plato, translated with notes and an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1968. Second edition: Basic Books, 1991.Excerpt: The Republic is the true Apology of Socrates, for only in the Republic does he give an adequate treatment of the theme which was forced on him by Athens’ accusation against… More
Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society
– Review of The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society, by Marshall Berman, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep. 1974), pp. 1297-1299.Excerpt: This book is a model of a new kind of scholarship, passionate or committed scholarship. Its author attempts to look at the past by way of what he believes to be the most important… More
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Response to Hall
– "Response to Hall," Political Theory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1977), pp. 315-330.Excerpt: In the first place, Hall presupposes that he knows the Platonic teaching and reads his understanding of it into the text. Arguing against my contention that the best regime of the… More
The Education of Democratic Man: Emile
– "The Education of Democratic Man: Emile," Daedalus, Vol. 107, No. 3, Rousseau for Our Time (Summer 1978), pp. 135-153.Excerpt: Thus Emile is one of those rare total or synoptic books, a book with which one can live and which becomes deeper as one becomes deeper, a book comparable to Plato’s Republic,… More
Rousseau’s Emile
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile: or On Education, translated with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom, Basic Books, 1979.Excerpt: Here then we have Rousseau’s response to Plato. Plato said that all men always begin by being prisoners in the cave. The cave is civil society considered in its effect on the… More
Lecture on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education
– The Crisis of American Democracy and Liberal Education: Collected Essays, 1986.Excerpt: Therefore a truly political judgment is maintained so long as the issues are matters of life and death. Policy orientation helps keep the focus which we are too likely to lose. It… More
The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society
– "The Political Philosopher in Democratic Society: The Socratic View," The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Socratic Dialogues, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., Cornell University Press, 1987.The Ladder of Love
– "The Ladder of Love," Plato's Symposium, trans. Seth Benardete, University of Chicago Press, 2001. First published in Love and Friendship, Simon and Schuster, 1993.On Plato’s Apology of Socrates
Full Bloom
– Algis Valiunas, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2015.Excerpt: Yet is one right to believe that Bloom represented political philosophy at its highest reach, and that he spoke for the best life possible? During the season of Bloom’s… More