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The Iliad or the Poem of Force
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The Iliad, or The Poem of Force
Simone Weil
- Born in France 1909
- Died in the UK 1943
- Was a philosopher, mystic, and political activist
- Influenced by: Plato, Marx, and Kant
Who's Weil?
"The true hero, the true subject, the centre of the Iliad, is force. Force employed by man, force that enslaves man, force before which man's flesh shrinks away" (Weil, 1940, p.6).
Who's the hero?
What is Force?
Definition
Curve of Force
#1
The Iliad, a work unsurpassed in the Western work
The Iliad vs. Western Work
Honesty in describing the realities of war
Covering all the different types of human love
#2
Portraying a sense of equity
#3
Final remark
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