Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Well worth ndering …

… Simone Weil in the Light of Plato

Inner purification and meditation, by which the soul "gathers herself together," are necessary for the philosopher's approach to the Real. The true philosopher aims at a separation of the soul from the body, and so must not fear death. We fear death because we love the body and its pleasures.

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