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Season 12 Episode 10
What happens to a culture when rationalism takes precedence over belief in anything eternal? Exactly what we've seen over the past 70 years, of course! Join us as we discuss Allan Bloom's thoughts on…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
S12 E9: Culture
Season 12 Episode 9
What exactly is culture? Is it just the food, clothing, and habits of a people, or is it something more? Does human nature really exist, or should we just be studying the differences between cultures…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
S12 E8: The Self and Creativity
Season 12 Episode 8
What is man, really? Do we have a purpose, or should we just listen to our desires and shape the world the way we want it to be? Are the ends of things real, or just fictitious imaginations based on …
Published on 3 months ago
S12 E7: Two Revolutions and Two States of Nature
Season 12 Episode 7
What differentiates America from France? Is it our value of life and stability in our Revolution, or is it a distinction between the bourgeois of America and the deeper thinkers of the Continent? Joi…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
S12 E6: The German Connection
Season 12 Episode 6
Where does modern American nihilism stem from? According to Allan Bloom, ultimately from Nietzsche! Join us as we discuss the impact of German thinking on modern American life, talking about the issu…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
S12 E5: Relationships, Part 2 - Separateness, Divorce, Love, and Eros
Season 12 Episode 5
Why has modern society failed to recognize the purpose of marriage? Or, for that matter, the purpose of love, life, and relationships as a whole? Find out as we discuss more of Allan Bloom's thoughts…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
S12 E4: Relationships, Part 1 - Self-Centeredness, Equality, Race, and Sex
Season 12 Episode 4
Does American society support the same kinds of relationships that it did in generations past? Find out in this episode, as we continue discussing Saul Bellow's The Closing of the American Mind, in w…
Published on 4 months ago
S12 E3: Books and Music
Season 12 Episode 3
Do young people even read anymore? What's up with their obsession with music? Such questions are not as boring as they sound, as Allan Bloom describes in the next chapters of The Closing of the Ameri…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
S12 E2: The Clean Slate
Season 12 Episode 2
Do Americans have a national book? What is America's defining ideology? Is it structured by the Constitution and the Bible, or something else entirely? Such are the questions that Allan Bloom raises …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
S12 E1: Foreword, Preface, and Introduction to "The Closing of the American Mind"
Season 12 Episode 1
What is the purpose of education? What is the truth? What is man? Find out in this season of Unlimited Opinions, as we read Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Fa…
Published on 5 months ago