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Re:The Mathematician and the Mystic: André and Simone Weil by burntoutfire on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:40AM (#23508200)
A friend of mine is reading a a lot of Simone Weil, and quoting her ofen to me. She really seems like a kind of figure we don't have nearly enough of in our contemporary intellectual life.
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Re:The Mathematician and the Mystic: André and Simone Weil by a9h74j on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:59PM (#23514517)
This quote of hers flashed in my mind, perhaps in response to your observation:

"To make room in the budget for the eternal is not in the spirit of the age."

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