How Malcolm X, André Weil, and Antonio Gramsci Learned Their Way to Greatness

In times of struggle, an inner life brings us power

Malcolm X. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images

So often in our careers and relationships, knowledge is exchanged for money or for power, for approval or for a sense of belonging, to mark out superiority in status or to feel important. But a human being is more than his or her social uses. Our…