History of Ideas: Simone Weil
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The Unheard Oceans of Human Suffering
Simone Vile died after refusing to eat more than the rations available to French prisoners under Nazi rule. The story is that she rationed herself in a world where people were being rationed at starvation level. She was not interested in what comes before the paradoxes of modernity, writes James Baldwin. We are halfway through this season of 20th century essayists and next week it's Joan Sontag; we also want to do an episode in which I respond to some of your questions.
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