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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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- “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
- “There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless de…”Simone Weil
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985