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- Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Simone Weil
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5894
Re: Simone Weil
I am not aware of either Maritain or Weil on the concept of the New Saint.
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:48 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Simone Weil
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5894
Re: Simone Weil
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...
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:18 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Simone Weil
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5894
Re: Simone Weil
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...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:00 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Homelessness & the Limits of Hospitality
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1214
Re: Homelessness & the Limits of Hospitality
What, no interest in the problem? The author writes that a disinterested you is part of the problem.
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:29 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Homelessness & the Limits of Hospitality
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1214
Re: Homelessness & the Limits of Hospitality
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...
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:43 am
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: A Conversation With Simone Weil
- Replies: 81
- Views: 12825
Re: A Conversation With Simone Weil
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...
- Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Can My Children be Friends with White People?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2900
Can My Children be Friends with White People?
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...
- Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:27 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Socrates & Pre-Truth Politics
- Replies: 1
- Views: 712
Re: Socrates & Pre-Truth Politics
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,...
- Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:58 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: My visit to a Civil War-era stone house
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1230
Re: My visit to a Civil War-era stone house
The 8 photos of the house are fascinating.
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Simone Weil
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5894
Re: Simone Weil
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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- Fri Nov 10, 2017 3:13 am
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Slavoj Žižek
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1359
Re: Slavoj Žižek
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...
- Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:55 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Simone Weil
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5894
Re: Simone Weil
A documentary about Simone Weil http://linestreet.net/ Here is the trailer.
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:16 pm
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: Values vs. Goodness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 782
Re: Values vs. Goodness
This morning I finished reading David Cayley's book on the thought of Ivan Illich, who frequently referred to himself as an historian, not a philosopher ot theologian. He was profoundly inflenced by the parable of the Good Samaritan, about which I will write later.
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:21 am
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: Values vs. Goodness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 782
Values vs. Goodness
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:13 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Language
- Topic: Is silence language?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3189
Re: Is silence language?
I recommend "The World of Silence" by Max Picard.
I'm currently reading his book "The Human Face".
I'm currently reading his book "The Human Face".