Author: Simone Weil
Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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The immediate and guiding aim of this book is to introduce the contemporary reader to the work and thought of Simone Weil.

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Moyer Bell
ISBN: 9780918825018
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The immediate and guiding aim of this book is to introduce the contemporary reader to the work and thought of Simone Weil.

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 582

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The immediate and guiding aim of this book is to introduce the contemporary reader to the work and thought of Simone Weil.

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268092915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Although trained as a philosopher, Simone Weil (1909–43) contributed to a wide range of subjects, resulting in a rich field of interdisciplinary Weil studies. Yet those coming to her work from such disciplines as sociology, history, political science, religious studies, French studies, and women’s studies are often ignorant of or baffled by her philosophical investigations. In Simone Weil: Late Philosophical Writings, Eric O. Springsted presents a unique collection of Weil’s writings, one concentrating on her explicitly philosophical thinking. The essays are drawn chiefly from the time Weil spent in Marseille in 1940-42, as well as one written from London; most have been out of print for some time; three appear for the first time; all are newly translated. Beyond making important texts available, this selection provides the context for understanding Weil's thought as a whole. This volume is important not only for those with a general interest in Weil; it also specifically presents Weil as a philosopher, chiefly one interested in questions of the nature of value, moral thought, and the relation of faith and reason. What also appears through this judicious selection is an important confirmation that on many issues respecting the nature of philosophy, Weil, Wittgenstein, and Kierkegaard shared a great deal.

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000964957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 171

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Simone Weil (1909–1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century. She was also a political activist, worked in the Renault car factory in France in the 1930s and fought briefly as an anarchist in the Spanish Civil War, before her tragic early death in England at the age of thirty-four. Her work spans an astonishing variety of subjects, from ancient Greek philosophy and Christianity to oppression, political freedom and French national identity. Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks sees Weil apply her unique and piercing intellect to early Greek thought, where she finds fundamental precursors to Christian religious ideas. She argues, provocatively, that concepts fundamental to Christianity such as incarnation, redemption, suffering and resurrection are Greek as well as Christian and that there is much we can learn, spiritually and philosophically, from their entwinement. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Christopher Hamilton.

Author: Robert Chenavier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780268023737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In Simone Weil Robert Chenavier explores the work of Simone Weil and demonstrates how she brought together spiritual life and the human struggle for solidarity.

Author: Robert Zaretsky
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826600
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Known as the “patron saint of all outsiders,” Simone Weil (1909–43) was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable thinkers, a philosopher who truly lived by her political and ethical ideals. In a short life framed by the two world wars, Weil taught philosophy to lycée students and organized union workers, fought alongside anarchists during the Spanish Civil War and labored alongside workers on assembly lines, joined the Free French movement in London and died in despair because she was not sent to France to help the Resistance. Though Weil published little during her life, after her death, thanks largely to the efforts of Albert Camus, hundreds of pages of her manuscripts were published to critical and popular acclaim. While many seekers have been attracted to Weil’s religious thought, Robert Zaretsky gives us a different Weil, exploring her insights into politics and ethics, and showing us a new side of Weil that balances her contradictions—the rigorous rationalist who also had her own brand of Catholic mysticism; the revolutionary with a soft spot for anarchism yet who believed in the hierarchy of labor; and the humanitarian who emphasized human needs and obligations over human rights. Reflecting on the relationship between thought and action in Weil’s life, The Subversive Simone Weil honors the complexity of Weil’s thought and speaks to why it matters and continues to fascinate readers today.

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802137296
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a philosopher, theologian, political activist, and mystic whose work endures among the greatest spiritual thinking in human history. Born and educated in Paris, she was devoted to advocating for disenfranchised citizens around the world. Called the 'saint of all outsiders' by Andre Gide, Weil's compassion for the plight of the working class and the armed forces fueled her enlightened treatises and existential inquiries.

Author: Francine du Plessix Gray
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Biography of the French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist Simone Weil (1909-1943). Unrevised and unpublished proofs.

Author: Vance G. Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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An overview of Simone Weil's writings on science and mathematics which opens the door to dialogue between philosophy, art, and religion