Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
Simone Weil (1909-1943) French philosopher
Notebooks [Cahiers] [tr. Wills (1956)]
#quotation #quote #duty #evil #necessity #self-justification #self-rationalization
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/weil-simone/48489/
