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A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.

Holocaust survivor Primo Levi was born on this day in 1919. His wisdom on life and human nature seems timelier by the day.

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Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, one of the great patron saints of the human spirit, on happiness and unhappiness, human nature, and the interconnectedness of our fates.

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Primo Levi, writing half a century ago and even timelier today, on the spiritual value of science and how space exploration brings humanity closer together.