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"[V]irtue is entirely analogous to artistic inspiration. The beautiful poem is the one which is composed while the attention is kept directed toward inexpressible inspiration, in so far as it is inexpressible."

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Jul 01, 2026 08:13AM
Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil (November 28,1997)

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"There is, as it were, a phagocytosis in the soul: everything which is threatened by time secretes falsehood in order not to die, and in proportion to the danger it is in of dying. That is why there is not any love of truth without an unconditional acceptance of death."
May 24, 2026 10:41AM
Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil (November 28,1997)


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