The mysteries of faith are ... by Simone Weil, a French Philosopher

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“The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.”

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Name: Simone Weil

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Feb 3, 1909

Date of Death: Aug 24, 1943

Profession: Philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein Lysander Spooner Diogenes

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