Simone Weil: An Anthology

Author(s): Simone Weil; Sian Miles (Foreword by, Editor)

Ideas & Philosophy

Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century- a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work The Need for Roots,exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on the misuse of language by those in power; and the essay Human Personality,a late, beautiful reflection on the rights and responsibilities of every individual. All are marked by the unique combination of literary eloquence and moral perspicacity that characterised Weil's ideas and inspired a generation of thinkers and writers both in and outside her native France.

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Simone Weil, 1909-43, French philosopher and mystic. Most of her works, published posthumously, consist of some notebooks and a collection of religious essays. They include, in English, Waiting for God (1951), Gravity and Grace (1952), The Need for Roots (1952), Notebooks (2 vol., 1956), Oppression and Liberty (1958), and Selected Essays, 1934-1943 (1962).

General Fields

  • : 9780141188195
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.272
  • : November 2005
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 19mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

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  • : 320
  • : Paperback
  • : Simone Weil; Sian Miles (Foreword by, Editor)