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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.
More from Simone Weil (108 quotes) →Keep reading Simone Weil
- “It is impossible to forgive whoever has done us harm if that harm has lowered us. We have to think that it ha…”Simone Weil
- “The sum of the particular intentions of God is the universe itself.”Simone Weil
- “Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.”Simone Weil
- “An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.”Simone Weil
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- “Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.”Sugata Mitra
- “To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of lif…”Wallace Stevens
- “She walked away without bothering to look further. She knew he’d be fine. Her specialty was subduing without…”Francine Pascal
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985