Simone Weil Quotes


Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.


Citations

Weil, Simone. Gravity and Grace. Translated by Emma Craufurd, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1952, p. 162.

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Simone Weil
Simone Weil
  • Born: February 3, 1909
  • Died: August 24, 1943
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Philosopher

Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. The mathematician André Weil was her brother.