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Full Idea
For the mind essentially and always, in whatever manner it is disposed, strives towards value.
Gist of Idea
Minds essentially and always strive towards value
Source
Simone Weil (Reflections on Value [1941], p.31)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.31
A Reaction
A typically platonist thought. If you accept my view that values identify what is important, the thought is plausible. We might distinguish between what the mind pointlessly entertains, and what it 'strives' for.
Related Idea
Idea 2096 Is the function of the mind management, authority and planning - or is it one's whole way of life? [Plato]
| 23881 | All thought about values is philosophical, and thought about anything else is not philosophy [Weil] |
| 23883 | Minds essentially and always strive towards value [Weil] |
| 23882 | Ends, unlike means, cannot be defined, which is why people tend to pursue means [Weil] |
| 23884 | Truth is a value of thought [Weil] |
| 23885 | Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil] |
| 23886 | Systems are not unique to each philosopher. The platonist tradition is old and continuous [Weil] |