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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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- “Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.”Simone Weil
- “With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and mis…”Simone Weil
- “In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.”Simone Weil
- “Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.”Simone Weil
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- “The kingdom of God works in all spheres of culture, whether church, family, education, government, arts, busi…”Karla Perry
- “It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradict…”Simone de Beauvoir
- “I wish my abs were a little bit better. God gave me a great body, but I think my abs could be better than the…”Bryce Harper
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985