In this episode, Olivia Branscum speaks with Nic Bommarito, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. We discuss the French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943), focusing especially on what she has to teach us about the moral value of attention and the true uses of education. Nic and I also talk about his work in Tibetan Buddhist thought and his experiences studying figures and traditions that have been excluded from mainstream histories of philosophy.
Further Reading Primary Texts (by Simone Weil) “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God” (written c. 1942, published in Waiting for God) La Pesanteur et la Grâce (available in English translation as Gravity and Grace) (1947) L'enracinement : Prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l'être humain (available in English translation as The Need for Roots) (1949) Attente de Dieu (available in English Translation as Waiting for God) (1950) Secondary Texts “Private Solidarity” by Nicolas Bommarito (2015) nner Virtue by Nicolas Bommarito (Oxford University Press, 2018) Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life by Nicolas Bommarito (Oxford University Press, 2020) To listen to this episode, please visit our podcast page.
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Jacinta Shrimpton is a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She is co-producer of the ENN New Voices podcast Archives
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