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History is a tissue of base and cruel acts in the midst of which a few drops of purity sparkle at long intervals. - Simone Weil
" "History is a tissue of base and cruel acts in the midst of which a few drops of purity sparkle at long intervals.
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About Simone Weil
Simone Adolphine Weil (3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French social and religious philosopher, and Christian mystic. Politically active, during the Spanish Civil War she joined the Anarchist military unit known as the Durruti Column, and took part in the French Resistance during World War II. She was the sister of mathematician André Weil, with whom she shared an interest in ancient Greek and Indian thought.
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Émile Novis
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S. Galois
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Simone Adolphine Weil
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