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Morning Stories: Simone Weil

GRAVITY AND GRACE
Simone Weil
Plon. 1947 (1999). 206 pages

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Action and reaction.
from the words of the author to continue thinking cinema. Opening

Creation is made of the downward movement of gravity, the upward movement of grace and downward movement of grace to the second power. [Page 10]

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must uproot. Cut the tree and make a cross, and then wear it every day. [Page 50]

- Bring her back on the weight of its packaging and determinism. Absolute terms with its past, bring it with you on his cross.

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For any action, consider the aspect of non-object, but the pulse. Not: for what purpose? But: where did it come from? [Page 56]

- Building the character: Never lose your inner motivations. Toward coherence.

- Work Writing: Never hide your inner motivations. Do not be afraid of the other her reaction. Be honest with her writing.

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No trace of "I" in conservation. There in the destruction. "I" leaves its mark on the world by destroying it. [Page 83]

- Create under the gaze of the Council of Masters - the assembly of his influences - and not stop in front of their disappointment. Breaking the rules of the guides.

- Stop and answer to Who am I ?, Then exceed their preconceptions about yourself. Destroy, destroy his image of me, to be closer to home. Path to the creation of integrity, the real word.

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The metaphor of elevation corresponds to that. If I walk in the side of a mountain, I can see the lake first, then after a few steps, a forest. We must choose: either the lake or forest. If I want to see both the lake and forest, I have to go higher. [Page 116]

- Climb high enough to stop looking at his reflection in water (Narcissus) and exceed the branches that obscure our view. Climb to the top, top, to look honestly its forest and water. Climb the mountain to show his true face is revealed through the work.

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Pythagorean Idea: The property is always defined by the union of opposites. [Page 118]

- Mounting as Pythagoras: Burst of the idea between plans, the souture.

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Method investigation: as soon as we thought something, look in what sense the opposite is true. [Page 120]

- Do not be afraid - so welcome - to project its own reverse.

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