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Philosophy for Darker Times
This important new study examines the work of Simone Weil; French mystic, social philosopher, and activist in the French Resistance in the Second World War. Weil's posthumously published works had a major influence on French and English social thought. Philosophy for Darker Times relates Weil's insights to specific significant issues in our own time.
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Simone Weil : a very short introduction
Here is a concise and lively overview of the intriguing and provocative life and ideas of twentieth century French philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil. The breadth, poignancy, and prescience of Weil's philosophy has much to offer us in our times of personal, communal, political, and environmental crises.
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Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century
This in-depth study examines the social, religious, and
philosophical thought of Simone Weil.
Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century presents a
comprehensive analysis of Weil's interdisciplinary thought,
focusing especially on the depth of its challenge to contemporary
philosophical and religious studies. In a world where little is
seen to have real meaning, Eric O. Springsted presents a critique
of the unfocused nature of postmodern philosophy and argues that
Weil's thought is more significant than ever in showing how the
world in which we live is, in fact, a world of mysteries.
Springsted brings into focus the challenges of Weil's original (and
sometimes surprising) starting points, such as an Augustinian
priority of goodness and love over being and intellect, and the
importance of the Crucifixion. Springsted demonstrates how the
mystical and spiritual aspects of Weil's writings influence her
social thought. For Weil, social and political questions cannot be
separated from the supernatural. For her, rather, the world has a
sacramental quality, such that life in the world is always a matter
of life in God-and life in God, necessarily a way of life in the
world.
Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century is not simply
a guide or introduction to Simone Weil. Rather, it is above all an
argument for the importance of Weil's thought in the contemporary
world, showing how she helps us to understand the nature of our
belonging to God (sometimes in very strange and unexpected ways),
the importance of attention and love as the root of both the love
of God and neighbor, the importance of being rooted in culture (and
culture's service to the soul in rooting it in the universe), and
the need for human beings to understand themselves as communal
beings, not as isolated thinkers or willers. It will be essential
reading for scholars of Weil, and will also be of interest to
philosophers and theologians.
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The Weil conjectures : on math and the pursuit of the unknown
\"A biography of Simone Weil's brilliant mathematician brother, Andrâe, and a memoir of the author's own fascination with math.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The continuing legacy of Simone Weil
The Continuing Legacy of Simone Weil analyzes the core work of Simone Weil and her views on the nature of the human condition, humanity's relationship with God, and the objective state of our world. David Pollard argues that though much of Weil's work was focused on particular conditions operating in Europe prior to and including the period of the Second World War, much of it is as relevant today as it was then.
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Reading and Performing: Interpreting Reality According to Simone Weil and Luigi Pareyson
This contribution aims to shed light on two hermeneutical perspectives of the twentieth century which, although developed in different contexts and through distinct languages, share not only certain conceptual affinities but are both grounded in a relational ontological framework. The first is the notion of reading (notion de lecture) elaborated by the French thinker Simone Weil (1909–1943), particularly during her time in Marseille (1940–1942); the second is the idea of reading as “performance” or “execution” (esecuzione) proposed by the Italian philosopher Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991) within the framework of his aesthetic theory of formatività (1954). The aim of this study is, first, to outline the essential features of both perspectives and resonances and, subsequently, to highlight their points of convergence and original features. The goal, however, is not to propose a systematic comparison between the two authors, but rather to show the theoretical fruitfulness of a dialogue between Weil’s and Pareyson’s reflections on aesthetics and hermeneutics, from which a profile of “renewed thought” in a broad sense can emerge, opening up to a fruitful inter- and trans-disciplinary dialogue rooted in the search for truth as a shared horizon.
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Confidence regained: Providence and prayer in the works of Catherine of Siena, Anne Conway and Simone Weil
In this article I explore three ways of reflecting on faith in God's providence and correlative understandings of prayer. My study suggests a praxeological understanding of the doctrine of providence as tacit knowledge. First, I present the soteriological dialogical approach of Catherine of Siena, from her late medieval Dialogue on providence. Secondly, I analyse the quietist vitalist approach of the early modern English philosopher Anne Conway in her Principles of Philosophy. Thirdly, I reflect on the critical, non-interventionist approach of the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. I conclude by discussing the interrelation between providence and prayer.
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