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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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- “As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encou…”Simone Weil
- “We are drawn towards a thing, either because there is some good we are seeking from it, or because we cannot…”Simone Weil
- “All sins are attempts to fill voids.”Simone Weil
- “One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.”Simone Weil
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985