Greek Tragedy

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“I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)

“Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)