Simone WeilA collection of 38 posts

Power

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity even a ...

Patience

Humility is attentive patience.

Motivation

I can therefore I am.

Knowledge

Evil being the root of mystery pain is the root of knowledge.

Intelligence

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

Intelligence

The role of the intelligence – that part of us which affirms and denies an...

Intelligence

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man w...

Imagination

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Hope

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in th...

History

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The ...