From The Complete Works of Primo Levi, Volume Two, Uncollected Stories and Essays: 1949 - 1980, edited by Ann Goldstein, translated by Alessandra Bastagli and Francesco Bastagli
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"Ours is a strange time, with an abundance of people who will explain everything to you; it's the age of explainers, of people who will clarify everything, get to the bottom of everything, its causes and its consequences. And no doubt this is a praiseworthy endeavor. Bu to believe that one has truly explained everything, in the original sense of the word -- that is, made clear the necessary trigger of historical events, the causes that necessarily lead to a result, the nexus between cause and effect that is the foundation of science -- is a bit easy."
From Racial Intolerance
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