“The eulogies of my intelligence are positively intended to evade the question "Is what she says true?"”

— Simone Weil

Letter to her parents (1943), as quoted in the Introduction by Siân Miles
Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), p. 2

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French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist 1909–1943

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