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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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- “Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.”Simone Weil
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- “The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.”Simone Weil
- “A mind enclosed in language is in prison.”Simone Weil
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985