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About Simone Weil
French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist, and labourer. She is remembered for a body of thought that continued to shape contemporary philosophy after her short life ended. Her writing and thinking centered on religion, spirituality, and politics. Those themes gave her work a lasting reach, especially among readers drawn to serious moral and political reflection.
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- “Humility is attentive patience.”Simone Weil
- “The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.”Simone Weil
- “Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.”Simone Weil
- “Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress,…”Simone Weil
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985