To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither …

Simone Weil
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To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.10, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.10, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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