#Simone Weil

To define force — it is that x that turns anybody who is subjected to it into a thing. Exercised to the limit, it turns man

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 To define force — it is that x that turns anybody who is subjected to it into a thing. Exercised to the limit, it turns man

Mar 04,2024

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#quotes #philosophy #power #Simone Weil #oppression #force #The Iliad or The Poem of Force #objectification #alienation

The most commonplace truth when it floods the whole soul is like a revelation.

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 The most commonplace truth when it floods the whole soul is like a revelation.

Jan 19,2024

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#quotes #philosophy #truth #awareness #Simone Weil #Gravity and Grace #revelation

Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love and justice.

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 Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love and justice.

Nov 16,2023

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#love #quotes #philosophy #awareness #ethics #justice #Simone Weil #force #The Iliad or The Poem of Force

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

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 The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Feb 18,2023

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#quotes #philosophy #knowledge #learning #education #Simone Weil #teaching #First and Last Notebooks

How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?

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 How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?

Jan 05,2023

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#quotes #philosophy #courage #confidence #Simone Weil #justification #doubt #skepticism #Oppression and Liberty

Love is not consolation, it is light.

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 Love is not consolation, it is light.

May 23,2022

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#quotes #quote #lit #philosophy #Simone Weil #Gravity and Grace #Emma Crawford #Mario von der Ruhr

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

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 Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Dec 24,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #beauty #aesthetics #Simone Weil #Lectures on Philosophy #eternity

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

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 If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

Apr 12,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #self #awareness #humanity #needs #Simone Weil #desires #Gravity and Grace

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is to running.

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 The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is to running.

Feb 22,2021

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#quotes #philosophy #joy #learning #education #Simone Weil #Waiting for God #studying

Liberty is the power of choice within the latitude left between the direct constraint of natural forces and the

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 Liberty is the power of choice within the latitude left between the direct constraint of natural forces and the

Dec 29,2020

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#quotes #philosophy #Authority #freedom #liberty #Simone Weil #choice #legitimacy

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.

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 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.

Dec 20,2020

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#quotes #philosophy #awareness #reality #illusion #Simone Weil #Gravity and Grace #attachment

It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

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 It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

Nov 22,2020

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#quotes #philosophy #self #awareness #understanding #language #knowledge #Simone Weil #communication #Gravity and Grace

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

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 A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

Nov 09,2020

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#quotes #philosophy #thought #language #thinking #ethics #values #Simone Weil