August 24. When I first discovered Simone Weil she opened up vistas of faith and moral discernment. Later many aspects of her thought troubled me and I was torn between wanting to hug her and give her a shake. Instead I light a candle for her.
@RobertEllsberg @RobertEllsberg
24 Aug 2019
Simone Weil, a brilliant French philosopher, died in an English hospital on August 24 1943. Raised in a secular Jewish home, she was driven by an exacting conscience to share in the experience of working people. She took a year’s leave from her teaching job to work in factories.
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"Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the example of the religious consciousness without a religion which maybe sooner or later I will be able to write about." Flannery O'Connor