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> Keep in mind that the letter was not written for a mathematician, even though Simone could not understand most of it.

I'd love to see a citation here. Simone Weil referenced mathematics a lot in her philosophical writing, and, growing up in the shadow of her brother, had been exposed to mathematics all her life.




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