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Quotes from Prelude to Politics — Simone Weil

1909–1943 France

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The real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State.

Prelude to Politics (1943)

It is this idolatry of self which they have bequeathed to us in the form of patriotism.

Prelude to Politics (1943)

Maurras, with perfect logic, is an atheist. The Cardinal [Richelieu], in postulating something whose whole reality is confined to this world as an absolute value, committed the sin of idolatry. … The real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State.

Prelude to Politics (1943)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Simone Weil (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.