Simone Weil, an Anthology

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

Book Description
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.

The Simone Weil Reader

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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

Gravity and Grace

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415290012
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition, this Routledge Classics edition offers the English reader the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever.

The Power of Words

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780241472903
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
'There are certain words which possess in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good.' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipulation of language by the powerful, the obligations of individuals to one another and the needs for order, equality, liberty and truth, that make us human.

Simone Weil: "The Just Balance"

Author: Peter Winch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521317436
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
This book examines the religious, social, and political thought of Simone Weil in the context of the rigorous philosophical thinking out of which it grew. It also explores illuminating parallels between these ideas and ideas that were simultaneously being developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Simone Weil developed a conception of the relation between human beings and nature which made it difficult for her to explain mutual understanding and justice. Her wrestling with this difficulty coincided with a considerable sharpening of her religious sensibility, and led to a new concept of the natural and social orders involving a supernatural dimension, within which the concepts of beauty and justice are paramount. Professor Winch provides a fresh perspective on the complete span of Simone Weil's work, and discusses the fundamental difficulties of tracing the dividing line between philosophy and religion.

Simone Weil

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268092915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
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.

First and Last Notebooks

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498239196
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Introducing the Selected Works of Simone Weil

The Need for Roots

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000082792
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. In 1942 she fled France along with her family, going firstly to America. She then moved back to London in order to work with de Gaulle. Published posthumously The Need for Roots was a direct result of this collaboration. Its purpose was to help rebuild France after the war. In this, her most famous book, Weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. She wrote that one of the basic obligations we have as human beings is to not let another suffer from hunger. Equally as important, however, is our duty towards our community: we may have declared various human rights, but we have overlooked the obligations and this has left us self-righteous and rootless. She could easily have been issuing a direct warning to us today, the citizens of Century 21.

On the Abolition of All Political Parties

Author: Simone Weil
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590177908
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
An NYRB Classics Original Simone Weil—philosopher, activist, mystic—is one of the most uncompromising of modern spiritual masters. In “On the Abolition of All Political Parties” she challenges the foundation of the modern liberal political order, making an argument that has particular resonance today, when the apathy and anger of the people and the self-serving partisanship of the political class present a threat to democracies all over the world. Dissecting the dynamic of power and propaganda caused by party spirit, the increasing disregard for truth in favor of opinion, and the consequent corruption of education, journalism, and art, Weil forcefully makes the case that a true politics can only begin where party spirit ends. This volume also includes an admiring portrait of Weil by the great poet Czeslaw Milosz and an essay about Weil’s friendship with Albert Camus by the translator Simon Leys.

Simone Weil

Author: Robert Coles
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780201022056
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
For three decades, Robert Coles has followed Eliot's invitation. He has studied and reflected upon Simone Weil - as writer, social critic, radical, and mystic - and upon the enigmas of her strange, brief life.