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<\/p>\nOn this Day <\/p>\n
Aug 6, 1945<\/a> or see Images from Mark Young<\/a><\/p>\n John, Richard, Robert, Andy and Howard, all were born on Aug 6. Richard was the liberal at Columbia<\/a> (1916)<\/p>\n This Silent Star<\/a> with 2000 pimples was born on 1928. <\/p>\n Heaven Knows<\/a> he is Dead Man, Robert played Philip Marlow when he was alive.<\/a><\/p>\n This master of colors and brushstrokes <\/a>was born on 1932<\/p>\n And brother of Simone<\/a> Weil and a great mathematician Andre Weil<\/a> died on Aug 6, 1998.<\/p>\n Most mathematicians lead rather staid lives; Weil’s was anything but. He spent a couple of years in India in the 1930’s, and was imprisoned in Finland on suspicion of being a Russian spy during World War II.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He was a child prodigy who might have intimidated Simone<\/a> Weil. Was he the reason why she became anorexic and was so hard on herself? She was extraordinary, a great thinker and a saint. People used to say of Simone: “She’s Andre Weil’s sister.” But as time went by, towards the end of her life, people began saying of Andre: “He’s Simone Weil’s brother.” The impact of her posthumously published texts however soon surprised even her family.(Via<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n a.. “God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.” On this Day Aug 6, 1945 or see Images from Mark Young John, Richard, Robert, Andy and Howard, all were born on Aug 6. Click on the links below to find out about them. Who is your favorite? John married Katherine Mansfield, a great editor and a pacifist. (Her love letter to John is here.) … <\/p>\n
\nClick on the links below to find out about them. Who is your favorite?
\nJohn married Katherine<\/a> Mansfield, a great editor and a pacifist.<\/a>
\n(Her love letter to John is here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nA blurry photo of Andre and Simone Weil<\/a><\/p>\n
\n b.. “Weil’s Law of Faculties: First rate people hire other first rate
\npeople. Second rate people hire third rate people. Third rate people hire fifth rate people.”
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![A blurry photo of Andre and Simone Weil<\/a><\/p>\nPeople used to say of Simone: “She’s Andre Weil’s sister.” But as time went by, towards the end of her life, people began saying of Andre: “He’s Simone Weil’s brother.” The impact of her posthumously published texts however soon surprised even her family.(Via<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\na.. “God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.”\n b.. “Weil’s Law of Faculties: First rate people hire other first rate\npeople. Second rate people hire third rate people. Third rate people hire fifth rate people.”\nAndre Weil<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this Day Aug 6, 1945 or see Images from Mark Young John, Richard, Robert, Andy and Howard, all were born on Aug 6. Click on the links below to find out about them. Who is your favorite? John married Katherine Mansfield, a great editor and a pacifist. (Her love letter to John is here.) … <\/p>\nContinue reading “On this Day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-philosophypsychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www2.polito.it\/didattica\/polymath\/htmlS\/Interventi\/Articoli\/Weil\/Img\/andresimone.jpg\"){kind=link}