Ideas from 'The Scientific Image' by Simone Weil [1941], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Late Philosophical Writings' by Weil,Simone [Notre Dame 2015,978-0-268-04150-2]].
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance
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Chance is compatible with necessity, and the two occur together
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Chance is not the contrary of necessity; it is not incompatible with necessity. On the contrary, it never appears except at the same time as necessity.
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From:
Simone Weil (The Scientific Image [1941], p.175)
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A reaction:
She illustrates it with the six terminating results of a die throw, and the innumerabe ways the throw can occur. This thought strikes me as relevant to discussions of free will. …But I'm not sure I fully understand it.
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
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The secret of art is that beauty is a just blend of unity and its opposite
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A just blend of unity and that which opposes it is the condition of the beautiful, and it is the secret of art.
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From:
Simone Weil (The Scientific Image [1941], p.169)
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A reaction:
Rather sweeping, but the observation strikes me as fairly accurate. It seems to work for most novels, paintings and music, though more recent art may provide counterexamples.
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