1st Edition

Formative Writings (Routledge Revivals)

By Simone Weil Copyright 2010
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

This volume, first published in English in 1987 makes available an important part of Weil’s early writings. Although primarily known as a religious thinker, she devoted enormous energy in her formative years to her work as a political activist and as a philosopher/teacher. This book reveals these other sides of Weil and demonstrates the lines of continuity underlying her whole thought.... Read more
1. Preface  2. Introduction  3. Science and Perception in Descartes  4. The Situation in Germany  5. Factory Journal  6. War and Peace  7. Philosophy.

Biography

Simone Weil