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Full Idea
The speaker refuses to pose the question of knowledge, since knowledge is a given that is mixed with thought, and that no thinking being can get away from.
Gist of Idea
Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking
Source
Simone Weil (Philosophy [1941], p.42)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.42
A Reaction
On the whole I favour belief-first, but I take the primary purpose of minds to be navigation, and that needs facts, not hopeful beliefs. Weil's thought pushes me a bit towards the knowledge first view.