"We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part"
- Allan Bloom
About this Quote
This quote suggests that people today are like ignorant shepherds who live on the exact same land where fantastic civilizations as soon as existed. The shepherds simply have fun with the fragments of these previous civilizations that surface, without genuinely understanding or valuing the charm and complexity of the structures that were when there. Likewise, individuals today might communicate with fragments of understanding or cultural artifacts from the past without truly understanding their significance or context.
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.
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization"
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
