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Simone Weil: An Anthology

By Simone Weil

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
2009
ISBN
0141188197, 9780141188195
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2572446 bytes)
Pages
336\336
Time added
2013-04-30 20:27:18

Description

Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work 'The Need for Roots', exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on the misuse of language by those in power; and the essay 'Human Personality', a late, beautiful reflection on the rights and responsibilities of every individual. All are marked by the unique combination of literary eloquence and moral perspicacity that characterised Weil's ideas and inspired a generation of thinkers and writers both in and outside her native France.

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