The Living Philosophy of Simone Weil

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Albert Camus called the philosopher Simone Weil “the only great spirit of our times.” T.S. Eliot said she was the greatest saint of the 20th century. Charles de Gaulle said she was insane. But who is she and what is the Simone Weil philosophy?
Despite dying at the age of 34, Simone Weil lived a life that rivalled any philosopher. And it was the authentic life of a philosopher following her inner compass. She did not fall in with the intellectual milieu of her time by becoming a public intellectual (which was far from a matter of intelligence - she finished 1st in her class for philosophy at France’s elite university the École Normale Supérieure beating out Simone de Beauvoir in second place).
She was born into a Jewish family and raised agnostic and yet found herself drawn towards religion; she fought in the Spanish Civil War and worked in factories for a year to understand the working class.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Intellectual Development and Factory Work
4:51 The Spanish Civil War and Christian Awakening
8:54 The Resistant and Her Death
12:05 Conclusion
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@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Please give it a like if you enjoyed! ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:08 Intellectual Development and Factory Work 4:51 The Spanish Civil War and Christian Awakening 8:54 The Resistant and Her Death 12:05 Conclusion ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, James

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciated your assessment of Simone Weil. I will be looking up Simone De Beauvoir's impressions and Emerson's and Fromm. I believe her extreme sensitivity was expressed through ETHICS to the point of mysticism. She is an incredibly modern pioneering spirit often grossly misunderstood till this day. Thank you again.🌺

@kehindeonakunle7404 3 жыл бұрын

Simone Weil is the conscience of our modern world. Great philosophy, pure spirit and wonderful woman.

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Not all women are like big children their whole life long

@sempressfi Жыл бұрын

@@satnamo not all men, either 😊

@vincentandrew4544 Жыл бұрын

Just wanna say thank you so much for introducing me to Weil a year ago. Now she is one of my favorite philosopher and has changed my life.

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

Wow Vincent that's a delight to hear thanks for sharing that this is amazing

@jalepezo 2 жыл бұрын

Simone Weil speaks in a strong voice to the young and philosophically inclined: That PhD , that postdoc, that tenure are just toys to amuse ourselves and not serious philosophy, the article and paper mill will go on, but where is or soul? Our hearts and work,? With whom?

@heathertrowell4268 2 жыл бұрын

I’m reading Simone Petrement’s biography and already ardently love Weil.

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

You may love her, but not Andre Weil

@RichInk 5 ай бұрын

This one I will share with my younger daughter who admired Simone when she was young. She will love the memory. Thank you.

@WWS322 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for introducing her to me!

@andrewg.carvill4596 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your presentation. Not being a student of the modern French philosophers, I'd kind of mixed up Simone de Beauvoir with Simone Weil .... now I know better! When you spoke about Weil's desire for ultimate solidarity with her suffering people, I couldn't help being reminded of another Jewish philosopher who became a lover of Christ (and Catholic saint) Edith Stein, student of Husserl, who died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1942, having previously, out of solidarity with her people, turned down a chance to escape from the Nazi occupied Netherlands. Some striking parallels, albeit in two women of very different personality.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Excellent observation!❤

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Love is a bridge from here to now because das most precious thing that I can give my beloved is my present since attention is das purest form of generosity

@bekblaku1364 Жыл бұрын

This is a captivating portrayal. I had not known if Simone Weil prior to this. Thanks for your attention to detail and honest portrayal of this amazing woman!

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bek! Glad you enjoyed it!

@edgarrenenartatez1932 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, great work on Simon Weil! Was introduced to her while reading Os Guinness' very accessible but wide-ranging and fascinating book 'Long Journey Home' (Guinness is what you may call a Christian public intellectual, though his expertise is social science [Oxford], he engages in what i would describe as 'narrative philosophizing' and his 'Long Journey' is an example of that). In an ethos with a bias towards 'privileged secularism', some may downplay Weil's turn to faith, so it's quite refreshing that you did not shy away from this aspect of her life. Thanks. Just subscribed. In the genre of the philosophical search for the 'thin places' between the natural and the spiritual (from a broader discipline), Scruton's The Soul of the World, Peter Berger's A Rumor of Angels, and Philip Yancey's Rumors of Another World will be most rewarding.

@FCB_Tani 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently reading a interesting book not only about Weil but Arendt, Beauvoir and Rand. It characterizes the philosophy of the four women through the years 33-43. The same author wrote a similar book about Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Heidegger and Cassierer. It's already translated in different languages. The English title is Time of the Magicans. It was really great. I got especially in love with Walter Benjamin.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that sounds fascinating Tani I'm gonna add it to the reading list

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Women are like big children their whole life long

@BlueDusk95 10 ай бұрын

Wolfram Eilenberger

@NathanPK Ай бұрын

Just finished it. Great book.

@douglundy5755 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done talk, as I listen to the full content after reacting to Plato being called a lightning rod. Hats off! And Thank YOU!

@renefonck8920 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, nice work wish we had one like that in french, but nice to know some english speaker are aware of her philosophy, in France she is mostly unknown in the public unlike Beauvoir sadly.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Rene. I wonder if I coordinated with some of my French speaking friends maybe we could try to make a French one at some point but foe now I'm glad you enjoyed this one!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLivingPhilosophy she would love that, James.

@wajdoni Жыл бұрын

This is in french, in an other topic kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs1gpNlh0K_Fe6M.html

@KajiCarson 2 жыл бұрын

Very glad to see more videos on Weil pop up on KZfaq. Great synopsis & commentary, subbed.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kaji that's great to hear!

@mditt7 Жыл бұрын

Brother, this was beautifully presented and well spoken in your melodious Irish brogue. A very helpful and informative snapshot of perhaps my favourite Saint which I intend to both share and return to again. Thank you.

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

Delighted you enjoyed it so much thank you for the kind words!

@Epiousios18 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Learned a lot and now I want to read more of her work.

@Goethe-von-Voltaire Жыл бұрын

The movie Europa '51 (1952). Starring Ingrid Bergman as a Simone Weil-esque character. Many similarities between them.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Really? I never ever saw that film even publicized! I'll search for it now! Both Bergmans are my countrymen!

@hitoshiyokoo2157 2 жыл бұрын

It was said that the 20th century was the "era of refugees", but the new "era of refugees" continues in the 21st century. During World War II, when a large number of refugees broke out, Simone Weil died, while praying that all refugees would have "rooting places". Greetings from Japan.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought Hitoshi it does seem that the refugee thing is another aspect of modern life

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Annihilated, uprooted and displaced... The Mediterranean is the grave of thousands today... 😢 ❤❤❤ I feel like Simone, it is unbearable.

@c.s.hayden3022 2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered her work in a used bookstore. Her perspective and insight are the unique mix we sorely lack.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Ah that's cool awesome I actually just picked up a biography of her myself in Kilkenny last week. She's a treasure to be sure

@c.s.hayden3022 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been reading “The Need For Roots” and it has a good vision of functional society, how the people lose touch with greater duty and how to recapture the unifying spirit. She moved away from Marxism and closer to social Christianity later on in life, so there’s a careful regard for the will of the individual in her collective thinking. I’d recommend. It’s written tightly and her approach is interesting.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

@@c.s.hayden3022 fascinating sounds right up my alley thanks Christopher

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

@@c.s.hayden3022 man tends to chase after the ends and forget about the root because of fame and fortune.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree! ❤ Living in Italy for decades, I think Simone Weil is perhaps understood only by Pope Francis, and before that the short lived Pope Luciani. There is this maddening tendency to theorize and wade in abstraction so typical of mostly male representatives. Weil's extreme sensitivity is unmatched and misunderstood totally by her male peers.

@perioperativeelectrophysio5841 2 жыл бұрын

Extraordinary writing and narration. Thank you for your dedication to this apparent Saint.

@alexross5274 Ай бұрын

i feel like i now get where clancy is going with this

@foodchewer Жыл бұрын

How many young Simone Weils live among the human race today, but will go unsung, unnoticed, and unlearned-from? Today more than ever it seems is an era for a spirit like she had to disappear into mammon, terror, and narcissism.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

A person who practiced what she preached, what cane from the heart: true compassion.❤ At great personal expense.

@presentmomentnow Жыл бұрын

Excellent segment! Thank you very much for providing a balanced and informative overview of this great woman quite honestly not heard about. I’m sharing some of your quotes with my daughter who is at a crossroads of conforming versus following her own path. Thank you again.

@dermotmoran4197 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. A very well balanced introduction to Simone Weil's thought and life.

@gabrielbraun1643 2 жыл бұрын

very captivating video! thank you

@gregedunham1 11 ай бұрын

This is a wonderful presentation of Simone Weil. Your passion that come through your descriptions of her life shows how her philosophy is of feelings more than thought, a more direct living philosophy. I have only read "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." I have been working on a book about Homer and for me she wrote the best commentary of the Iliad yet. This is one of my favorite quotes from her in that book. "Such is the nature of force. Its power of converting a man into a thing is a double one, and in its application double-edged. To the same degree, though in different fashions, those who use it and those who endure it are turned to stone." Thank you, I have learned a lot from you.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@briansalazar7397 Жыл бұрын

Amazing story. I will find her books. Excellent story telling!

@absolute6422 2 жыл бұрын

Great video very professional !

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@somesweetdreamm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! One of the best videos about Weil out there. I love her very much ♥️

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rosenna! that means a lot

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Was listening to a previous account on Simone Weil dismissing her as insane with eating disorders.😱 American of course!

@trorisk Жыл бұрын

"Note on the general suppression of political parties" is a political text that I think is very important to read.

@conrad152 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video.

@mentormags Жыл бұрын

Very insightful and a great storyboard, thank you

@YannickHeym 6 ай бұрын

Great video! Can anyone tell me the name of the painting at 08:14? Thanks

@TheRealValus 3 жыл бұрын

Your channel is a treasure.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million for the kind words Valkin!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Love Patience Simplicity are 3 greatest treasures of mankind because simplicity is das ultimate form of sophistication

@colonelweird 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reminding me of Simone Weil. I first learned of her many years ago when I was becoming Catholic and active in the Catholic Worker movement. She and Dorothy Day were kindred spirits. Ironically, in those days I loved Weil's essay on attention - only to learn years later that I have ADHD!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Attention is das purest form of generosity because das highest wisdom lies in detachment from my self.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

I'd describe that as extreme sensitivity or heightened awareness. Very hard to cope with!😢❤

@Tobazhniazhi Жыл бұрын

"Nothing is so beautiful and wonderful, nothing is so continually fresh and surprising, so full of sweet and perpetual ecstacy, as the good. No desert is so dreary, monotonous, and boring as evil. This is the truth about authentic good and evil. With fictional good and evil it is the other way round. Fictional good is boring and flat, while fictional evil is varied and intriguing, attractive, profound, and full of charm." I marvel to think that she written these words long before the pervasive influence of television, social media, mass media diversions, etc. One of the most luminous intelligence in the 20th century.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

WOW!❤❤❤

@vickybarnes1287 Жыл бұрын

Thank you that was so helpful - we are reading gravity and grace in our theology book club - and struggling a bit!

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped Vicky!

@Barushia 5 ай бұрын

The most badass philosopher ever

@stevenjoshoa5394 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work!!!!

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever is done out of love always takes places beyond good and evil

@aaronwenger3034 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for presenting this succinct and heartfelt look at a truly beautiful soul! Well made video, you've definitely inspired me to learn more about this seeker!

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you Aaron I'm glad you enjoyed it so much!

@markdpricemusic1574 2 жыл бұрын

Another fine presentation Sir. I'm scaldingly sceptical of all religious claims but fascinated by ''mystical experiences'' - which can't all be dismissed as pathology without begging the question (''Ah, but she is insane!''). And when a philosophically trained Jew turns to Jesus it is worth thinking about. What stands as a testament to her philosophical achievements is that a fair percentage of the younger theologians I know genuinely want to imitate her morality and religious experiences. So few philosophers are taken up as genuine exemplars like this... which probably says something about the close weave of philosophy and life in their cases, as opposed to the vast majority who leave it on campus when they clock off. Keep up the good work, it's much appreciated.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

My feelings exactly Mark! She really was a fantastic embodiment of living philosophy. Amazing woman!

@hunterhandley4602 3 жыл бұрын

dudelove reading about the Parisian intellectuals in the 20th century and Weil was always tough for me to parse but this vid contextualized it all really well!

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Hunter thank you!

@hunterhandley4602 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLivingPhilosophy i would love to see more videos on her philosophy!

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

@@hunterhandley4602 Yeah I might circle back to her later and maybe go deeper into her works and treat this as a foundation. I love her freedom from the traditional concept of a philosopher and allowing herself to explore her political philosophical and religious beliefs all in the same vein rather than as discrete separate aspects.

@hunterhandley4602 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLivingPhilosophy absolutely! that would be awesome!

@barrytebb7947 2 жыл бұрын

Hugely helpful and I am so grateful

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Delighted to hear it Barry!

@kehindeonakunle7404 3 жыл бұрын

Great exposition by a professorial genius. Glad I'm alive.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kehinde! That's very kind of you!

@satnamo 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@kevinrombouts3027 Жыл бұрын

What an inspiration her life was.

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

I know right!

@bangbri526 3 жыл бұрын

it's a great one. I like the orientation of philosophy that turns to the other, not focus much on the thinking subject. Simon Weil is one of the great example, like Buber.

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Teaching by examples is das beste

@peterscott6356 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your video. I’ve been interested in knowing more about Weil and all the other videos I watched were pretty opaque. Really interesting that she was inspired by George Herbert. Thanks again

@OceanRoadbyTonyBaker 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent job. Thank you

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony! Much appreciated

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Gratitude is das father of all virtues: Wisdom Courage Justice

@chuckbosio2924 Жыл бұрын

She reminds me of Dietrich Bonhoefer, born in 1906. We have his prison letters which document his journey. He was upset when he found out that he received better food and blankets, and insisted to suffer with others in Tegel and later in Buchenwald, becoming a mystic and a martyr.

@shaundisch2020 4 ай бұрын

Simone was right. Attention, aka awareness: "Awareness is the mother of intelligence, intelligence the door to freedom." - Nisargadatta.

@hakim_alrooh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@GodwardPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent show.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Das world is a stage because life is a show and we are the main actors. Man wants to make new roads and to create videos because life itself is will to power- That is a fact beyond dispute

@madelinebrennan7603 9 ай бұрын

What you demonstrate is not a changeable personality at all but wone that grew into its authentic nature.

@stu_j6711 9 ай бұрын

Why lead by saying that her philosophy is more embodied in her living than her writing? Socrates wrote nothing; Weil wrote at a prodigious rate throughout her short life. In her final four months in London alone, she wrote hundreds of pages. On the boat to New York she made every effort to reserve one of the limited number of seats so that she could sit and write the long complex essay 'The Pythagorean Doctrine'. In one of her final letters, she specifically lamented the way that no-one gave any serious attention to her ideas - those which she had written down. Rather than seriously consider her ideas, she noted that people just made remarks about how clever she was. 80 years after her death, it is the fascination with her biography, rather than compliments about her intelligence, that now take the place of serious response to what she actually wrote.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 9 ай бұрын

A very valid point stu

@PhilosophyToons 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting person, like her emphasis on action. Great video

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million Amygdala! She was indeed an interesting cookie

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

What a person is is nothing but the manifestation of her Will is in fact what she wills

@theirrationalman3782 2 жыл бұрын

I apologize but I was wondering if you could clarify: At the 4:17 mark, you mention that the humiliation, surprisingly doesn’t produce rebellion, but instead fatigue and ….. I’m sorry after fatigue I can’t catch that word that you use. If you could clarify. Thank you!

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Ah apologies it's docility - to be docile. I've uploaded the subtitles now to help people avoid such confusions in future. Hope this helped!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Language speaks: English is capital!

@M4th3www 3 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful video

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Matheus!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

What good is beautiful; Simple is beautiful!

@davidshackelford4550 6 ай бұрын

My admiration of Weil began when I read the need for roots. But, when I read Du Plessix Gray's biography I came to understand her as the woman whose will was too strong for her frail body. Wouldn't you love to have a friend like her?

@slbumkim2925 2 жыл бұрын

Being has a tendency to 'return' to clusters ='the nature of solidarity' -a desire for empathy -(Wave)-(yin) and also, Being has a tendency to 'exist' as individuals ='the nature of self-expension' -a desire for breed-(Particle)-(Yang) Likewise, humans have two elements. We must realize that we all have both left and right elements =Solidarity and Self reliance No one has only one element. so 'Sum' derived from 'two poles' , (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) To develop intellect and ethics by harmonizing the two, It is good to realize it and balance it properly But A few people polarized the crowd(political partisanship) without balancing themselves. And They stole only the sum, only the synthesis from the triangle composition. Now We all have to get out of this deceptive situation. This is not the time for us to hate each other. We have to track down those who have been manipulating us.

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

No fight; No blame is the only way to peace and tranquility

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Dichotomy.

@yqafree 3 жыл бұрын

It's so terrible when economy trumps a moralistic culture, a philosophical culture and a cultivation of easy virtue. We need a balanced economy for it's not hard to prosper but it's easier to prosper greater at the costs of exploiting natural ignorance and the abuse onto those who willfully remain ignorant against their deeper knowing.. Indeed Christ's Spirit is very powerful to help a despairing individual no matter. - Your Quality Anarchist

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Man’s extremities are god’s opportunity

@KECarter Жыл бұрын

thank you

@fraidoonw 2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@old_bayrailfan5312 Ай бұрын

here before Clancy comments

@christophmahler 3 жыл бұрын

Emotive presentation, but relevant biography.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

What on earth do you mean??

@christophmahler 10 ай бұрын

@@lulassong6524 "What on earth do you mean??" It is difficult, to recall the exact reference in a video essay that leads to a distinct impression...from two years ago... Look up the terms to grasp a statement or describe Your impression to have a conversation.

@michaeldillon3113 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me that I must pay my respects to her burial place at Ashford in Kent , which is not far from me 🕉️

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes of course I'd forgotten she was buried in Kent. Get yourself over there!!

@michaeldillon3113 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLivingPhilosophy 👍

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

The life of the dead lives on in the memory of the livings

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

That's a beautiful response. Visit her tombstone.❤

@b.m.8547 9 ай бұрын

Thank you sos much.

@jesserantakangas5594 2 жыл бұрын

never heard of her, thank you

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Jesse thanks for watching

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Truth sounds paradoxical

@danielmuresan6779 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, the name of the channel seems to describe Simone Weil's philosophy the best

@TheLivingPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha I know right! It's philosophers like this that really resonate with my take on philosophy (obviously). Thanks for noticing!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Be good, noble and impressive now- While it is still matter

@lisalasoya2898 Жыл бұрын

This woman compares consciousness & religious quest in a 565 page novel or biography. In hindsight, traveling in our own perspective thru war & peace. For instance, the immediate and guiding aim of this book is to introduce the contemporary reader to the work and thought of Simone Weil. In selecting and arranging her writings thus have tried to present them in order and a pattern designed to enable the reader to grasp the essentials of her life-thought. Our pathways in ethos & pathos should enable us to determine a future within a future. As for the person, delivering a window of opportunity, that opportunity should be within the scope of success and not failure, we can not grasp the ladder if there is not stationary glue to succeed. The person delivering this realm should have the respect of succeeding. Lisa

@Antreus 6 ай бұрын

7:30 She refused baptism conscientiously from the Catholic church on the basis of it's institutions and traditions which kept her outside of it, but she did not forsake fellowship and frequently exchanged letters with her Priest. She often would cite incidents where the institutions of the Catholic church would persecute saints. France is an extremely Roman Catholic country at this time and of course, it is the only fellowship that availed itself to her. The integrity of her life is a testimony for those who remain outside of the church's institutions, but nonetheless love God and keep the commands of Christ.

@taiho7777 2 жыл бұрын

I like this video very much, but am VERY perplexed; while talking about Simone Weil's tragicomic military experience, you dwell for a long time on a photo of French Resistance fighter Simone Segouin holding a weapon! Was this just a case of mistaken identity? Simone Segouin's heroic acts are legendary; both women are heroes of their century.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Apologies I know the photo you are talking about. It wasn't intended to pass that off as Weil it was more of an image intended to fit with the context being talked about that fit in the same period. I didn't realise that the woman in the photo was famous but thank you for pointing it out Wayne I'm curious about her now and must go learn about her

@taiho7777 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLivingPhilosophy Thanks for the response. Keep making insightful videos...

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

@@taiho7777 Thanks Wayne will do! Btw I read up on Segouin - fascinating character. She's still alive apparently and in her 90s! I'd like to read more about her she seems like a genuinely admirable human being. Curious

@horace577 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation . . so glad I got rid of the TV

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

How much luxury there is in das world that I don’t want

@bangbri526 3 жыл бұрын

What's reading to start on Weil?

@renefonck8920 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure to be the best advisor on the subject I only read "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" But since no one reply to you I'll advise you too read it too. It's short and simple to understand. Quite radical but in my opinion she is mostly right, it explains why political party contain on essence the seed of totalitarianism regardless of their side. And it enlight why nowadays people are seeming radical about politic (in US it seems extrem for us in Europe but we have this trend going on too) : they identify to one political side and want to destroy the enemy on the otherside, the truth and common good is irrelevant, only matter the victory of your side. For me it's a nice starting point to the philosophy of Weil. PS : sorry for the mistakes English is not my first language.

@sthetatos 2 жыл бұрын

"Waiting for God" and "Gravity and Grace"

@ThomiX0.0 Жыл бұрын

@@renefonck8920 , thank you Rene to explain this book of her.. Although I didn't read it, the vision I had ones, after my attention to it, is surprisingly the same! Since then, I spontaneously stopped 'identifying' with groups of people altogether.., countries, religions, politics up to families and friends.. As I felt from the heart, identification is giving up my original one ness, the alone we all should stay. No choises to make, the enjoyment is grace! To whomever enters my life. :-) And Rene, should it be worth to read this book, while I really don't need confirmation and agreement for my pity little 'me'?? Enjoy the moment, and thanks again :-)

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

@@sthetatos Thought you'd written Godot!😅

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

@@ThomiX0.0 That's one HUGE lesson! ALL should learn. ❤

@luisfelipegomes3087 3 жыл бұрын

Her brother André Weil was a fine mathematician. He worked with Algebra.

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

It is called number theory.

@CompasaurusRex 11 ай бұрын

what a fucking true chad Simone Weil, godspeed

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

@jakubuzu Ай бұрын

I ❤ 21 pilots

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

19.

@rothsshvili5125 Жыл бұрын

11:17

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

16.

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

11.

@BodyEchoProductions 2 жыл бұрын

A simple and verbatim reading of the wiki page

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Quote authors please!

@whitephantom8496 2 жыл бұрын

An "authentic original". Wouldn't it be nice to meet one of those.

@TheLivingPhilosophy 2 жыл бұрын

Haha indeed it would!

@satnamo 2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it nice to see friends from afar?

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Would we recognize them as kindred spirits?

@BenjaminOrthodox 7 ай бұрын

School children and students who love God should never say: "For my part I like mathematics"; "I like French"; "I like Greek." They should learn to like all these subjects, because all of them develop that faculty of *attention* which directed toward God, is the very substance of prayer." Simone Weil

@tigerlewis7370 Ай бұрын

Who else is here from twenty one pilots 🙋

@micah4242 Жыл бұрын

What good is insisting on experiencing the deprivation of others so thoroughly that you die? She could have had a long life of service if she weren't so rigid.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

I doubt very much her AIM was to die, like certain martyrs who are simply overwhelmed by circumstances - couldn't take any more. Even 'ordinary' human beings die of heartbreak.

@ThomiX0.0 Жыл бұрын

It is a good thing you've presented her to us! Thank you. But why is your brain and mouth racing against time? The depth of a word does all the right work in us, not the multitude, which make them meaningless..:-) As like: quick spoken words are just a story, but a single one with space to comprehend is an answer. :-) Thanks, and liked!

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

Haha I know Thomas this is closer to the normal cadence of how we speak here in Ireland. I've tried to slow it down since making this video so hopefully you'll find some of the more recent ones to be closer to a normal person's cadence!

@ThomiX0.0 Жыл бұрын

@@TheLivingPhilosophy , thanks for reacting spontaneously. I will spend some time on this video to react..later, if you like? BTW, there is not such thing as 'Christian awakening' as mentioned. She had quite obviously a Spiritual Awakening, and used her Christian 'tools' to convey.. I have to be careful in understanding, sorry :-)

@owretchedman Жыл бұрын

The real deal.

@TheLivingPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

100%

@johncollins211 Жыл бұрын

"It was suddenly born in upon me Christianity is preeminently the religion of slaves". This just seems silly she obviously would have read nietzche who had the same idea and got it from him or someone it's not like an original thought. Still love this women.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Blind obedience? The many who follow the Preacher?

@douglundy5755 Жыл бұрын

Plato is an unsystematic 'lightning rod?" okay then, say what you will! How about Pythagoras, unsystematic? Thats the internet.

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

WATASHI L DES.

@mame0005 Жыл бұрын

I am moved by her, maybe it incites me to act more! If it is true that she did not eat properly because of soidarity, I actually find this immoral. She is doing harm. Harming herself. Or if not immoral then ignorant of the point I made. But still better than actively harming someone else by ones actions and probably also better than avoiding to act at all. Anyways, I like her quote: Attention is the rarest and purest form of attention".

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Awareness. Paying attention!❤

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Let's remind ourselves of the many hunger strikes as a means of non violent political protest needing attention. She was not thinking of herself. It's called idealism. Let's remember Ghandi, Beider Meinhof, Bobby Sands, and may more and Marco Ian bella in Italy, in the 70s. I'm thinking of St.Francis too. Actually, my actor brother played that part in the film (the first one) directed by Lilliana Cavani. Pope Francis liked it!❤

@davidshackelford4550 6 ай бұрын

Remember that she probably was affected by her overbearing mother who is said to have had a robust figure. Let's remember her as motivated by love for humans. A very good example of that. @@lulassong6524

@robertpeevey8334 11 ай бұрын

Simone is rightly viewed as a modern saint because her view of love and human responsibility has no barriers. The modern saint loves 'too much' and encourages everyone to follow her lead. She is not interested in logic or consistency. Her attitude reminds me of Archbishop Bloom who in the introduction to one of his books, writes how - as an atheist - he and his mother made a pact never to indulge themselves as long as there is still one starving child in the world. Interesting that neither had children of their own to worry about. You either love her (because she's so good) or hate her (because she's so arrogant).

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

Logic? She has her own logic, that's the whole point! A pioneer of a new philosophy, sensitivity and compassion put into practice- and a female at that considering the scorn women intellectuals were met with at the time, and even today. J.P.Sartre said the same of not bringing children into the world and rightly so - you dismiss it as not having children 'to worry about'! On the contrary it's a very responsible choice and even a sacrifice! Quite the opposite is irresponsible and selfish. Count the orphans!

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

AI.

@lulassong6524 10 ай бұрын

You already turned into a Cyborg? That's NOT evolution of the human species! I think that's the slave aspect of doctrines Weil mentioned.

@jeffsimpson46 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the presentation! I’m no expert, but here I go. Like the rest of us, Simone seems like a mixed bag. Yes, she was great in many ways, her virtue, courage, initiative, and intellect. But, in spite of all of this, she lacked wisdom. Even the greatest among us suffer from blindness caused from our passion, our suffering, etc. We can’t save the world. There is only so much we can do. How do we manage in a world full of suffering? It reminds me of a joke. How do you eat an elephant? . . . One bite at a time. 🙂

@johnstfleur3987 Жыл бұрын

SIMONE WEIL.