What did Simone Weil mean by: Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively. Simone Weil Philosopher · France Copy
There is a certain kind of morality which is even more alien to good and evil than amorality is. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Alienation, Morality, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Distrust, Skepticism, Truth, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
If there were no affliction in this world we might think we were in paradise. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Paradise, Perspective, Suffering, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Dedication, Passion, Sacrifice, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Attention, Devotion, God, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Power … is the supreme end for all those who have not understood. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Power, Supremacy, Understanding, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
In this world we live in a mixture of time and eternity. Hell would be pure time. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Eternity, Hell, Time, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
A right which goes unrecognized by anybody is not worth very much. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Importance, Recognition, Value, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. William Morris Designer · England
A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, ‘is he well-born?’ Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
