One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp. - Simone Weil

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One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.

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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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Pen Names: Émile Novis S. Galois
Alternative Names: Simone Adolphine Weil
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