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Simone Weil remains one of the most fascinating figures in twentieth century religious thought. A French philosopher, activist, and mystic, she repeatedly sought to enter into the world of workers and the poor. Though her mystical experiences brought her to the threshold of the Catholic church, she chose not to enter. Through the introduction by Eric O. Springsted and his selection of her.
Selected essays, 1934-1943 by Simone Weil. Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Conversations: 12: None: 1,196,839: None: None: Introducing the Selected Works of Simone Weil Weil's many essays written over her short life cover a very wide range of topics. This important collection contains several that have been long unavailable. There is deep integrity in this diverse collection.
The major biography of Weil is Simone Petrement's Simone Weil: A Life (1976). Shorter but also valuable are Jacques Cabaud's Simone Weil: A Fellowship in Love (1964) and Richard Rees's Simone Weil: A Sketch for a Portrait (1966). Dorothy Tuck McFarland's Simone Weil (1983) is a study of her writings.
First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge - Ebook written by Simone Weil. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge.
Simone Weil Selected Essays (Oxford University Press, London, 1962) Simone Weil Seventy Letters (Oxford University Press, London, 1965) Simone Weil On Science, Necessity, and the Love of God (Oxford University Press, London, 1968) Simone Weil First and Last Notebooks (Oxford University Press, London, 1970; References.
It amply confirms Elizabeth Hardwick’s words that Simone Weil was “one of the most brilliant and original minds of twentieth-century France” and “a woman of transcendent intellectual gifts and the widest learning.” A longtime Weil scholar, Sian Miles has selected essays representative of the wide sweep of Weil’s work and provides a superb introduction that places Weil’s work in.