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History of Ideas: Simone Weil
Past Present Future
The Politics of Silence
Vile says we're living in an absurd world where we think we can equalize privilege. Our salvation lies in our ability to identify those human beings who have reached the level of the impersonal, she writes. She is contemptuous of people who think that the way out of this is intelligence. Vile: "No one's ever put this argument better"
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