"The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration"
- Allan Bloom
About this Quote
This quote suggests that a person who is well-read in a liberal arts context ought to have the ability to withstand simple or simple solutions to complex issues. Instead of stubbornly keeping their own concepts, this individual should be open to considering alternative perspectives and services that are also worthwhile. Basically, a freely informed individual is someone who values crucial thinking and intellectual curiosity over dogmatism and close-mindedness.
This quote is written / told by Allan Bloom between September 14, 1930 and October 7, 1992. He was a famous Philosopher from USA.
The author also have 18 other quotes.
"While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings"