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Simone Weil : basic writings / edited and translated by D. K. Levy, Marina Barabas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weil, Simone, 1909-1943, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Weil, Simone, 1909-1943--Translations into English.
- Weil, Simone.
- Philosophy, French--20th century.
- Philosophy, French.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Simone Weil (1909-1943), a profound, original and influential thinker in the 20th century, was a political writer and activist, and a formidable philosopher. Her best-known writings appeared in English in The Need for Roots (1952), Waiting on God (1951) and Oppression and Liberty (1958). Albert Camus saw her as "the only great spirit of our times". D.K. Levy is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Marina Barabas, having taught philosophy in London and Boston, is now a Fellow of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
- Contents:
- Introduction / D. K. Levy
- Notes on the translation / D. K. Levy and Marina Barabas
- Introduction to part 1 / D. K. Levy
- Study for a declaration of obligations to the human being
- Concerning syndicalism "Single, apolitical, mandatory"
- Let's not start the Trojan War again
- Legitimacy of the provisional government
- What does the Occitanian inspiration consist in
- Prelude to a declaration of duties toward the human being
- Is there a Marxist doctrine?
- Reflections on quantum theory
- Morality and literature
- Essay on the concept of reading
- Some reflexions on the concept of value
- This war is a war of religions
- Are we fighting for justice?
- Is the human person sacred?
- Introduction to part 2 / D. K. Levy
- Precondition of non-servile work
- Reflections on the good use of school studies with a view to the love of God
- Sketch of the "Commentary on Pythagorean texts"
- Concerning the Pythagorean Doctrine
- Introduction to part 3 / D. K. Levy
- Theory of Sacraments
- Forms of the implicit love of God
- God's love and affliction.
- Notes:
- Translated from the French
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 02, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Weil, Simone, 1909-1943. Simone Weil
- ISBN:
- 9781003205913
- 1003205917
- 9781003829775
- 1003829775
- 9781003829850
- 1003829856
- Publisher Number:
- 40032110037
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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