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Gravity & Grace
Contributor(s): Weil, Simone (Author), Wills, Arthur (Translator), Thibon, Gustave (Introduction by)

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 ISBN: 0803298005     ISBN-13: 9780803298002
Publisher: Bison
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1997
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Annotation: French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic Simone Weil was little known when she died young in 1943. In 1952 this English translation of her writings accelerated her posthumous fame and influence. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this is truly the masterwork of a master mind.
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Religious
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
Dewey: 194
LCCN: 97027794
Lexile Measure: 1040(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.65 lbs) 248 pages
 
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Simone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la grāce from the notebooks she left in his keeping. In 1952 this English translation accelerated the fame and influence of Simone Weil. The striking aphorisms in Gravity and Grace reflect the religious philosophy of Weil's last years. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her left-wing social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this masterwork makes clear why critics have called Simone Weil "a great soul who might have become a saint" and "the Outsider as saint, in an age of alienation." Introducer Thomas R. Nevin is a professor of classical studies at John Carroll University and the author of Simone Weil: Portrait of a Self-Exiled Jew.
 
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