Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (born 1930)

Allan Bloom

American philosopher, classicist, and academician (1930–1992)

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 University, the University of Toronto, Tel Aviv University, Yale University, the École…