“The soul was not made to dwell in a thing; and when forced to it, there is no part of that soul but suffers violence.”

— Simone Weil

Une âme ... n'est pas faite pour habiter une chose ; quand elle y est contrainte, il n’est plus rien en elle qui ne souffre violence.
in The Simone Weil Reader, p. 155
Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), The Iliad or The Poem of Force (1940-1941)

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Une âme … n'est pas faite pour habiter une chose ; quand elle y est contrainte, il n’est plus rien en elle qui ne souffre violence.

Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), The Iliad or The Poem of Force (1940-1941)

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