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The Great Beast is the only object of idolatry , the only ersatz of God , the only imitation of something which is infinitely far from me and which is I myself.

Simone Weil
Beast, Imitation, Idolatry
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.164, Psychology Press
The Great Beast is the only object of idolatry , the only ersatz of God , the only imitation of something which is infinitely far from me and which is I myself.