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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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- “To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we lov…”Simone Weil
- “Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.”Simone Weil
- “Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.”Simone Weil
- “It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter…”Simone Weil
God: more sayings
- “Let's face it. I'm not a personality or the handsome actor type. When you have those God-given assets, you do…”Van Heflin
- “The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; a…”Anonymous
- “Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to le…”Karen Salmansohn
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985