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About Simone Weil
French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist, and labourer. She is remembered for a body of thought that continued to shape contemporary philosophy after her short life ended. Her writing and thinking centered on religion, spirituality, and politics. Those themes gave her work a lasting reach, especially among readers drawn to serious moral and political reflection.
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- “Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”Simone Weil
- “Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they…”Simone Weil
- “When I think of the Crucifixion, I commit the sin of envy.”Simone Weil
- “Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.”Simone Weil
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- “When you get started in comedy, you're at the bottom of the totem pole. Not only are you not getting paid at…”Scott Rogowsky
- “When I started out, nearly every architect I knew was working in public practice; that's where the radical th…”Richard Rogers
- “I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.”Trevor Nunn
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985