Tag Archives: Simone Weil

Simone Weil: La Personne et le sacré/Human Personality

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Justice consists in seeing that no harm is done to men. Whenever a man cries inwardly: “Why am I being hurt?” harm is being done to him. He is often mistaken when he tries to define the harm, and why … Continue reading →

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Simone Weil: the Iliad is the purest and the loveliest of mirrors

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

Perhaps all men, by the very act of being born, are destined to suffer violence; yet this is a truth to which circumstance shuts men’s eyes. The strong are, as a matter of fact, never absolutely strong, nor are the … Continue reading →

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