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There is a lot of argument as to whether or not Simone Weil was a feminist. IMO it is a necessary question for saving the spiritual lives of many young women. Modern feminism furthers political indoctrination promoting a shallow mind and heart. Simone provides food for thought and even more importa...

There is a lot of argument as to whether or not Simone Weil was a feminist. IMO it is a necessary question for saving the spiritual lives of many young women. Modern feminism furthers political indoctrination promoting a shallow mind and heart. Simone provides food for thought and even more importa...

Anya Daly says we’ll solve homelessness only when we see it as our problem. https://philosophynow.org/issues/123/Homelessness_and_the_Limits_of_Hospitality Before I moved in 2005 from Duluth to St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota , I watched a certain a news conference. The participants came from go...

Here is my review of the film "An Encounter with Simone Weil" submitted to Amazon. An Encounter with Simone Weil https://www.amazon.com/Encounter-Simone-Weil-Soraya-Broukhim/dp/B00GSPKPL0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510874043&sr=8-1&keywords=an+encounter+with+simone+weil&dpID=51tz-iJjLKL&preST=_SY300_Q...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/opinion/sunday/interracial-friendship-donald-trump.html Here is a recent controversial article in the U.S. The author is a black professor of law. His op-ed raises several issues. What is true friendship? Is it possible between blacks and whites in the U.S. in view...

Spencer Klavan proclaims Socrates’ revolutionary answer to Nietzsche and Trump. https://philosophynow.org/issues/122/Socrates_and_Pre-Truth_Politics Here is the US Supreme Court on liberty applied to the abortion decision. President Trump is not the only relativist. Regarding the following article,...

The 8 photos of the house are fascinating.

Compare Simone Weil's thought on what is sacred in every human being with the trendy Professor Zizek's disinterest in Donald Trumpy:
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Within the first five minutes of the interview PROFESSOR :twisted: Zizek states that he declines to write on Donald Trump because "he is not interesting at all as a person. " I understand that Zizek is a communist and an atheist. A collectivist. In contrast, consider and compare these words from Si...

A documentary about Simone Weil http://linestreet.net/ Here is the trailer.

On September 27, 2017, I was watching Muhammed Yunus being interviewed on Democracy Now about the alleged "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma. I was startled to hear him state: "She stood for democracy. She stood for human rights. She stood for all the human values you can t...

I recommend "The World of Silence" by Max Picard.

I'm currently reading his book "The Human Face".

I'm currently reading this book about the thought of Ivan Illich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3s-MPtbDKc