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« SOCRATE Tell me a little about the educators who helped you, the ones you like! I will have a more complete, more neutral opinion. THEY loved us. They trusted us, we had our possibilities. Without pretending to control everything, aware that many elements eluded them, they were modest. More pragmatic than the others, they did not reduce reality to vain schemes, futile theories. They acted like philosophers, letting themselves be led by reality, trying to understand us simply, but as best as possible. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness |
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness
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« Socrates: You keep coming back to the notion of "standard" , "normality" Could you scrupulously define to me what "normal" means? Alexander: scrupulously,.let me try:"which is consistent with the majority or average of cases or uses:So, for example, it is normal for a twelve-year-old to walk,talk, read, write..... »
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness |
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness
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« Unconditional love is not absolute tolerance. It's total benevolence to what's here and now. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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