Single Idea 23883

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / a. Normativity]

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 Reference

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]