Simone Weil Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943
Birthday: February 3
Death: August 24
The necessity for power is obvious, because life cannot be lived without order; but the allocation of power is arbitrary because all men are alike, or very nearly. Yet power must not seem to be arbitrarily allocated, because it will not then be recognized as power. Therefore prestige, which is illusion, is of the very essence of power.
source: Simone Weil (2015). “Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings”, p.168, Wipf and Stock Publishers
topic: Men, Order, Essence, Allocation
