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JUST FYI POD: IDEAS: "Our Ten Favorite Works of Philosophy: #4"

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Apr 21, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Texas Reality Meets Landman Fiction

  • Landman portrays Texas stereotypes in a hyperbolic yet somewhat accurate way.
  • Clark recounts an unusual experience of encountering a horse on a city bike trail in Texas.
INSIGHT

Simone Weil's Rooted Activism

  • Simone Weil combined intellectual genius with deep empathy from a young age.
  • She rejected abstract politics, choosing to live and work alongside the oppressed.
INSIGHT

Weil's Spiritual Transformation

  • Weil's mystical experience deepened her Christian spiritual focus.
  • This shifted her politics from Marxism to socially conscious Catholicism.
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