Ep. 250: Simone Weil on Human Needs (Part One)

On "The Needs of the Soul" from The Need for Roots (1943) On and "Meditation on Obedience and Liberty" (1937).

What are our needs that should then drive what kind of society would be best for us? Weil says we need liberty yet obedience, equality yet hierarchy, security yet risk... and none of these words mean quite what you'd think. And to start off, why do the many obey the few?

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