The Most Sacred Need

Simone Weil on Truth

I have frequently written about the French philosopher, Simone Weil. I find her work to be not only inspiring, but almost brutal in all the right ways. She is unrelenting. She is rigorous. She does not shy away from saying what needs said as we raise the bar of human possibility.

Simone Weil (1909-1943)

Well, in her book, The Need for Roots, she makes a …