Simone Weil
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 151, 22 pages : 1 portrait ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Emerging from the thought-provoking discussions and correspondence Simone Weil had with the Reverend Father Perrin, this classic collection of essays contains the renowned philosopher and social activist's most profound meditations on the relationship of human life to the realm of the transcendent. An enduring masterwork and 'one of the most neglected resources of our century' (Adrienne Rich), 'Waiting for God' will continue to influence spiritual...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 110 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God. Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today's spiritual seekers? Was it her social radicalism, which led her to renounce privilege? Her ambivalence toward institutional religion? Her combination of philosophical rigor with the ardor of a mystic? Albert Camus called Simone...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 204 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is an excellent book by one of the world's leading Simone Weil scholars. Eric O. Springsted has gathered Simone Weil's writings that focus explicitly on her conception of philosophy and its relation to both value and the transcendent. In doing so, he has provided a conceptual framework for understanding Weil's oeuvre as a whole, which challenges readers to reinvestigate their views on the nature of philosophy and value." -- Mario Von Der Ruhr,...
