Single Idea 24181

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death]

Full Idea

The soul which is not full of love dies a bad death.

Gist of Idea

We need love to have a good death

Source

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

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.38


A Reaction

Not sure I understand a 'good death', from the point of view of the deceased. Does spending your last ten minutes feeling angry count as a bad death? What matters is how the survivors remember the event.