Sunday, March 31, 2019

In the Thick of Things, post by Mark

She lived as the ancient Athenian social philosophers urged their fellow citizens to live, in constant readiness to immerse herself in one, then another national debate....Activism was a constant element in her life; she wanted to be in the thick of everyday discussion or argument. 

--Robert Coles, Simone Weil: A Modern Pilgrimage

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