Simone Weil
Embracing Boredom, Moral Grandstanding on Social Media, and an Augustinian Change of Heart
1. Appropriately timed for tomorrow’s 50th anniversary of the moon landing, our first link this […]
Of all the noble feelings which fill the human heart in the exciting tumult of […]
1. First up, education. Ross Douthat at the NYT this week wrote a thoughtful appeal […]
Grateful for this incredible piece by Nate Mills: When I was 3 or 4 I […]
This one comes to us from our friend, Cort Gatliff. When my wife, Abby, and […]
This passage is written by Simone Weil. The French theologian and writer, Jean Sulivan writes […]
Two weeks before her death, Simone Weil—semi-Catholic philosopher, hunger-striker, political activist—wrote a letter to her […]
From Gravity and Grace. “Christ healing the sick, raising the dead, etc–that is the humble, […]
This comes from her collection of mind-melding meditations, Gravity and Grace. The cross as a […]