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Seleucus wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:40 am Are you still working as a prosecutor?

No, I quit prosecuting in 1973, and retired from the private practice of law in 1999.

tbieter wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:27 am

Impenitent wrote:mama

gift? no

just another tool

-Imp

Imp,
By what agency does language, as a tool, come into existence (take on its Being)?
Tom
Here is the full text of the book for free:

https://archive.org/stream/manlanguage0 ... a_djvu.txt

This morning I began reading The Human Face by Max Picard (1930). Here are the beginning paragraphs for you to contemplate: THE HUMAN FACE THE CONTEMPLATION OF A HUMAN FACE He who looks upon a human face is moved to the very core of his being; his emotions, his understanding, his will are affected,...

The other day I finished reading Robert Coles' book, Simone Weil - A Modern Pilgrimage. Coles is a well-known psychiatrist and author. https://www.amazon.com/Simone-Weil-Dr-Robert-Coles/dp/1683362977/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512350084&sr=1-1&keywords=robert+coles+and+simone+w...

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=...

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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