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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) →Other sayings from Simone Weil
- “Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.”Simone Weil
- “To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”Simone Weil
- “Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attenti…”Simone Weil
- “Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.”Simone Weil
Loneliness: more sayings
- “I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches…”George Carlin
- “Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her t…”Jeanette Winterson
- “Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world c…”Daniel Goleman
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985