Simone Weil (French: [simɔn vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher Christian mystic and political activist.Weil’s life was marked by an exceptional compassion for the suffering of others; at the age of six for instance she refused to eat sugar after she heard that soldiers fighting in World War I had to go without.
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