"A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear."

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About Allan Bloom

Allan Bloom was an American philosopher and classicist. He is known for his book The Closing of the American Mind.

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