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What 20th century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s mathematics educators

Her writings—indeed, her life—are maddening in their entirety. In her polished essays, private letters, and diaries, she often makes an outrageous claim or an enigmatic comment. Such claims may concern the motivations of scientists, the psychological state of a patient, the nature of labor, the analysis of labor unions, or the interpretation of Greek philosophers… Read More »