All that remains Quote by Allan Bloom
“Nietzsche said the newspaper had replaced the prayer in the life of the modern bourgeois , meaning that the busy, the cheap, the ephemeral, had usurped all that remained of the eternal in his daily life.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Closing of the American Mind, 1987 (citing Nietzsche)
Modern media replaces spiritual depth with fleeting, commercial content, eroding timeless values in daily life.
In simple terms: Media displaces spirituality.
Prioritize enduring values.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- education
- personal development
- public policy
- media consumption
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How can we balance media consumption with spiritual growth?
- What practices restore timeless values?
Not all media is shallow; some can uplift.