One of the most heartbreaking lines comes from the story Cerium (about making lighters in the camp to trade for bread): “I am a centaur, a hybrid of two species: one is flesh and blood, the other is matter and spirit.” Because Levi shows that science and humanity are not opposites. That understanding matter is a way of understanding suffering. That the elements don’t judge—they simply are , and so must we.
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