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Full Idea
Any place where the needs of human beings are satisfied can be recognised by the fact that there is a flowering of fraternity, joy, beauty, and happiness.
Gist of Idea
Where human needs are satisfied we find happiness, friendship and beauty
Source
Simone Weil (Draft Statement of Human Obligations [1943], p.230)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'An Anthology' [Penguin 1986], p.230
A Reaction
Weil writes a lengthy analysis of what she sees as the basic human needs, beyond the obvious food, water etc. An excellent place to start a line of political thought.