Simone Weil Quote

We have seen that language is something precious because it allows us to express ourselves; but it is fatal when one allows oneself to be completely led astray by it, because then it prevents one from expressing oneself. Language is the source of the prejudices and haste which Descartes thought of as the sources of error.


p. 76 - Lectures on Philosophy (1959)


We have seen that language is something precious because it allows us to express ourselves; but it is fatal when one allows oneself to be completely...

We have seen that language is something precious because it allows us to express ourselves; but it is fatal when one allows oneself to be completely...

We have seen that language is something precious because it allows us to express ourselves; but it is fatal when one allows oneself to be completely...

We have seen that language is something precious because it allows us to express ourselves; but it is fatal when one allows oneself to be completely...