Simone Weil Quote

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.


Selected Essays 1934-1943 (1962)


The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has...

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has...

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has...

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has...