To give a name to a thing is as gratifying as giving a name to an island, but it is also dangerous: the danger consists in one's becoming convinced that all is taken care of and that once named, the phenomenon has also been explained.
We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and w… - Primo Levi
We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and w…
- Primo Levi
A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one… - Primo Levi
A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one…
Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to… - Primo Levi
Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to…
I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man. - Primo Levi
I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man.
Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each. - Primo Levi
Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each.
There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God. - Primo Levi
There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.
Everybody is somebody's Jew. - Primo Levi
Everybody is somebody's Jew.
Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live. - Primo Levi
Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live.
We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisel… - Primo Levi
We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisel…
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