"Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul."
"The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether."
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Source: Foreword to The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, pp. 16-17, 1987.
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