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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) →More quotes by Simone Weil
- “If three steps are taken without any other motive than the desire to obey God, those three steps are miraculo…”Simone Weil
- “Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture st…”Simone Weil
- “Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that co…”Simone Weil
- “We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this…”Simone Weil
Reflections: more sayings
- “We scientists have an obsession with unification, a grand synthesis. And dark matter is an irritating missing…”Priyamvada Natarajan
- “When you think about the industry, you think about people competing. You don't think about people getting tog…”Omarion
- “If you are going to be dogged with doubts you shouldn't be making movies.”Arbaaz Khan
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985