I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and univer…

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I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.143, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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