Скачать или смотреть This Essay by Simone Weil will CHANGE your way of LEARNING

What is the true purpose of learning? Is it to pass exams, gain recognition, or build a successful career? Or could it be something far more profound?

Simone Weil, one of the most extraordinary and overlooked thinkers of the 20th century, believed that the real purpose of education is not knowledge itself, but the development of our ability to pay attention—true, deep, and undistracted attention. In her short but powerful essay, Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God, she argues that every moment spent in genuine effort—whether solving a difficult problem or struggling with a new language—brings light into the soul, even if no immediate progress is seen.

This idea completely transformed the way I approach learning and life itself. In this video, I want to explore Weil’s radical vision of education, her unique perspective on attention, and how this forgotten wisdom can help us reconnect with truth in an age of distraction.

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“In short, the student should not learn thoughts, but should learn to think. The philosophy teacher should not carry him, but guide him, if we want him to be able to walk on his own in the future.”

I. Kant, AA 2:306


“Learning to see – accustoming the eye to calmness, to patience, to letting things come to you; refraining from judgment, learning to take in a particular case from all sides”

F. Nietzsche, KSA 6:73

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