Simone Weil and Homer
A reflection on her essay, “The Iliad, or the Poem of Force”
A reflection on her essay, “The Iliad, or the Poem of Force”
“For some strange reason,” writes G. K. Chesterton, “man must always thus plant his fruit trees in a graveyard. Man can only find life among the dead. Man is a misshapen monster, with his feet set forward and his face turned back.”