“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication.”

About Simone Weil

Philosopher • French

Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist whose work spanned epistemology, politics, and spirituality. Deeply concerned with the plight of the working class, she famously took a year off from...