PHIL-357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Stoicism, Anathema, Simone Weil
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Atheist or agnostic upbringing, chose to study philosophy and classical works (plato, etc) Born in paris 1909, attended university during the depression and stock market crash. A political activist: refused sugar and heating when others suffered without it. [(cid:1006)6]: (cid:272)o(cid:373)pelled to go (cid:862)do(cid:449)(cid:374) o(cid:374) her k(cid:374)ees(cid:863) Though the war was against fascism, it was a war against inhumanity; but one must fight for humanity without resorting to inhumanity. Moved to marseille due to german presence in paris and her jewish descent. Here she met father perrin, who she shared her religious ideas with, but did not want to be baptized. Moved again to casablanca and eventually to new york,but returned to london (longed to return to france where she felt most at home). Pacifist: fought against fascism but without arms/force (disagreed with the brutal use of force by both sides) Teaches the uncomfortable belief that some atheists are closer to god than institutionalized.
