Rather than actually reading Bloom, go read Saul Bellow's Ravelstein, the author's protrait of his late friend Bloom. You will get a better sense of Bloom's humanity, complete with the flaws that Big Business found so attractive in promoting the hell out of his stupid book. Peter Downard

---------- From: Marcin Gokieli[SMTP:marcingokieli@go2.pl] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 7:50 AM To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com; Stephen Fruitman Subject: Odp: Closing of the American Mind

Stephen Fruitman <Stephen.fruitman@idehist.umu.se> wrote:

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Bloom is very eloquent and very provokative. Provokative reading is a good thing, no? :-)

Bloom is just offensive. Alasdiar MacIntyre is provocative, and he is really interesting.

Marcin

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