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One of the great weaknesses of the progressive, as distinct from the religious, mind, is that it has no awareness of truth as such; only of truth in terms of enlightened expediency. the contrast is well exemplified in two exact contemporaries - simone weil and simone de beauvoir; both highly intelligent and earnestly disposed. in all the fearful moral dilemmas of our time, simone weil never once went astray, whereas simone de beauvoir, with i am sure the best of intentions, has found herself aligned with apologists for some of the most monstrous barbarities and falsehoods of history.
-Malcolm Muggeridge
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One Of The Great Weaknesses Of The

Malcolm Muggeridge
One of the great weaknesses of the progressive, as distinct from the religious, mind, is that it has no awareness of truth as such; only of truth in terms of enlightened expediency. the contrast is well exemplified in two exact contemporaries - simone weil and simone de beauvoir; both highly intelligent and earnestly disposed. in all the fearful moral dilemmas of our time, simone weil never once went astray, whereas simone de beauvoir, with i am sure the best of intentions, has found herself aligned with apologists for some of the most monstrous barbarities and falsehoods of history.
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