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  <name><![CDATA[Allan Bloom]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of 'Great Books' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss. Bloom became famous for his criticism of contemporary American higher education, with his views being expressed in his bestselling 1987 book, &lt;i&gt;The Closing of the American Mind&lt;/i&gt;.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Indianapolis, Indiana</hometown>  <born_at>09/14/1930</born_at>  <died_at>10/07/1992</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Republic of Plato]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Plato's Symposium]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Closing of the American Mind]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Emile: Or, On Education]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Love and Friendship]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960-1990]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare's Politics]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare as Political Thinker]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare on Love and Friendship]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[L'âme désarmée]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Confronting The Constitution: The Challenge To Locke, Montesquieu, Jefferson And The Federalists From Utilitarianism, Historicism, Marxism, Freudianism, Pragmatism, Existentialism]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare's Politics]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Harry V. Jaffa]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[アメリカン・マインドの終焉―文化と教育の危機]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Emile or on Education: Includes Emile and Sophie, or the Solitaries]]></title>
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