Philosopher of Attention
Simone Weil
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A French philosopher and activist who worked in factories to understand affliction, and taught that attention is the heart of love and of prayer.
Key work: Gravity and Grace (1947)
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
To attend is to hold your own concerns back and let the other appear.
Affliction must be seen, not explained away.
Rights rest on obligations to one another.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Attention Is Rare
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