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one quite recent, the other more than a century ago: On Dignity: ‘We may give what explanation we please of this unwillingness (i.e.to debase oneself), we may attribute it to pride,…we may refer to the love of liberty and personal independence,…to the love of power, or to the love of excitement:… but the most appropriate appellation [...] The first need Simone Weil identifies is order as it is the nearest… She closes her list of needs with: truth as the most sacred of needs: Now read how in the next interview the need for order and the need for truth appear in the thoughts and responses of Paul Riceour, French Philosopher, 1913-2005: TV [...] The first need Simone Weil lists is: order. Everyone knows what order is. But why it might be the first need to be addressed is for me an eye-opener. Read and ponder for yourself on this: ORDER The first of the soul’s needs, the one which touches most nearly its eternal destiny, is order; that is to [...] What has been stated in the German Constitution after the war, had been thought through by the French Philosopher Simone Weil during the war, when asked how to shape society when the war was finished. Here a lengthy quote from her essay: In need of Roots. The notion of obligation comes before that of rights, which [...] Dignity and divine courtesy Dignity is one of the most beautiful qualities in presence. The true style of the soul is dignity. Where dignity prevails, there is an atmosphere of confidence, poise and sureness. A person of dignity is aligned with the beauty within; this is why dignity is unassailable from without. Dignity does not intrude or force itself. God gives us [...] |
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