Simone Weil once wrote, shortly before dying of tuberculosis, “At the bottom of the heart of every human being…there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered, and witnessed, that good and not evil will be done to him. It is this above all that is sacred in every human being.”
In "All Shining Things," "Nietzsche says that the sacred is whatever it is in a culture at which one cannot laugh." (blog).
Emile Durkheim wrote: The sacred is whatever a community sets apart and protects from ordinary use.
Camus: The sacred is the decision to live and act as if life matters, even without cosmic justification.
On This Day (02/05):
- 2026-02-05: Some thoughts on the sacred
- 2025-02-05: Time is Beans
- 2024-02-05: Kevin Kelly's Book of Advice
- 2023-02-05: Pewabic Pottery
- 2022-02-05: Build Love Maps
- 2022-02-05: Icons
- 2022-02-05: Coffee outside in the rain
- 2022-02-05: Coffee Outside with a Friend
- 2022-02-05: Coffee Outside on a Bike
- 2021-02-05: International fixed calendar
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