Simone Weil

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic

Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil

Language

French

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.

Refuse to be an accomplice.

Simone Weil

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Topic

Political courage Standing up for what's right Courage Politics

Author

Simone Weil

Source

Journals of Simone Weil

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

French

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Weil, Simone. Personal notebook entry. c 1933.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Simone Weil

Gravity and Grace

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Topic

Moral theory Sin

Author

Simone Weil

Source

Gravity and Grace

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Original Citation

Weil, Simone. La Pensanteur et la Grace [Gravity and Grace], edited by Gustave Thibon. Plon, 1947.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "To Desire Without an Object." Gravity and Grace, edited by Gustave Thibon, translated by Emma Crawford and Mario van der Ruhr. Routledge, 2002.