This will be a blog devoted to celebrating the imagination, wit, and intuition of philosophers, as those qualities bear on what happens to happen, from day to day.
The selection of philosophers will be whimsical and non-negotiable.
For firsts, from Simone Weil: "The most beautiful life possible has always seemed to me to be one where everything is determined..." (From the Spiritual Autobiography)
If one believes this, one also believes that the wealthy are shut out of the most beautiful life possible, to the extent that their wealth gives them choices.
This is a thought that seems crazy to many people, who see both wealth and freedom -- and the freedom that wealth brings -- as preconditions for the most beautiful life, perhaps for any satisfactory life.
Posted by shea0017 at April 7, 2004 9:05 PM