“The human soul has need of truth and of freedom of expression.”

—  Simone Weil

Draft for a Statement of Human Obligation (1943), Statement Of Obligations
Context: The human soul has need of truth and of freedom of expression.
The need for truth requires that intellectual culture should be universally accessible, and that it should be able to be acquired in an environment neither physically remote nor psychologically alien.

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

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