Single Idea 23811

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery]

Full Idea

To strive from necessity and not for some good - ...that is always slavery.

Gist of Idea

If effort is from necessity rather than for a good, it is slavery

Source

Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Work')

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.180


A Reaction

It is usual to see the possibility of anarchism as the starting point for political thinking, but I think for Weil the state of slavery has that role.