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The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Obligations towards the Human Being by Simone Weil
Category: Culture
A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work- a political, philosophical, and spiritual treatiseOne of the foremost French philosophers of the last century, Simone Weil has been described by Andre Gide as 'the patron saint of all outsiders' and by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our time ...Show more
The Power of Words by Simone Weil
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipul ...Show more
Thinking in Thin Air - Anthology of a Decade: Engadin Art Talks by Eileen Myles (Text by); Peter Zumthor (Text by); Bethan Huws (Text by); Philip Ursprung (Text by); Oscar Tuazon (Text by); Robert Walser (Text by); Rem Koolhass (Text by); Bruno Taut (Text by); Nina von Albertinu (Text by); Simone Weil (Text by); Finn Canonica (Text by, Editor)
Category: Fiction
A diverse anthology of work from the fabled Engadin Art Talks, with Eileen Myles, Thomas Hirschhorn and many moreIn the Engadine mountain village of Zuoz, high in the Swiss Alps, artists, architects and scientists gather every winter to talk about their ideas and projects and to exchange ideas beyond th ...Show more
Venice Saved by Simone Weil; Philip Wilson (Translator); Silvia Panizza (Translator)
Category: Politics
Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Saved. Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weil's own thoughts on tragedy. A figure of affliction, a central theme in Weil's religious met ...Show more
Waiting for God by Simone Weil
Category: Philosophy and Religion
'You cannot get far in these essays without sensing yourself in the presence of a writer of immense intellectual power and fierce independence of mind.' - Janet Soskice, from the Introduction to the Routledge Classics edition Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious ...Show more
War and the Iliad by Simone Weil; Rachel Bespaloff; Hermann Broch; Christopher Benfey (Introduction by); Mary McCarthy (Translator)
Category: Philosophy and Religion
War and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer's art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and death. Simone Weil's The Iliad, or the Poem of Force is one of her most celebrated works--an inspired an ...Show more