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Discourse on Metaphysics

First Discourse

E.g.: Nothing in Weil's essay compares with this: "The sports of war, the joys of pillage, the luxury of rage, 'when it swells in a human breast, sweeter than honey on a human tongue,' the glitter of empty triumphs and mad enterprises--all these things are Achilles. Without Achilles, men would have peace; without Achilles, they would sleep on, frozen with boredom, till the planet itself grew cold."

Enjoying Bespaloff's essay much more than Weil's. Weil's take is overly simple and clearly selective; the Iliad appears to be merely a means to an end in her piece.

Reading Arendt alongside this book exposes Niebuhr's lack of precision in treating this subject.

Reading Arendt alongside this book exposes Niebuhr's lack of precision in treating this subject.

Putting it on hold...