Simone Weil Quote

In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying them all on the same plane, without any discrimination of value, as though good and evil were external to them, as though the effort toward the good could be absent at any moment from the thought of any man.


The responsibility of writers, p. 168 - On Science, Necessity, and the Love of God (1968)


In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by...

In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by...

In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by...

In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by...