Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, Simone Weil and Nathan Salmon

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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
We must leave on one side the ordinary 'consolations' of religion [Weil]
Revolution (not religion) is the opium of the people [Weil]
Religion should quietly suffuse all human life with its light [Weil]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil]
We just see immortality as prolongation of life, making death meaningless [Weil]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
If the world lacked evil, then the evil would be in our desires, which would be worse [Weil]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil
Without worldly affliction, we'd think this is paradise [Weil]