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Simone Weil · 1909–1943
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Who this is
“She tested every idea on her own body — the assembly line, the war, the hunger — and left behind, in fragments, one of the century's most complete philosophies of work, suffering, and love.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“The rarest and most morally powerful thing a human being can do is pay real attention — emptying the self so that truth, and the suffering of others, can actually be seen.”
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