03013nam 2200601Ia 450 991081815930332120230721031305.01-383-03501-61-281-16096-297866111609680-19-152647-9(CKB)1000000000414189(EBL)415771(OCoLC)476244809(SSID)ssj0000246080(PQKBManifestationID)11200107(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246080(PQKBWorkID)10181154(PQKB)11033947(Au-PeEL)EBL415771(CaPaEBR)ebr10199675(CaONFJC)MIL116096(MiAaPQ)EBC415771(EXLCZ)99100000000041418920070404d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSimone Weil's apologetic use of literature[electronic resource] her Christological interpretations of ancient Greek texts /Marie Cabaud MeaneyOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (264 p.)Oxford modern languages and literature monographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-921245-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Simone Weil and the Classics; 2. Simone Weil and Apologetics; 3. Simone Weil as Apologist; 4. Antigone and the Moral Law: Glimpses of the Supernatural; 5. Tableau de l'absence de Dieu-A Modern Interpretation of the Iliad; 6. Prometheus Bound-An Apologetics of the Cross; 7. Electra-Waiting on God; 8. Conclusion: Simone Weil-An Apologist of the Supernatural; Appendix: References to Ancient Greek Texts in the Works of Simone Weil; Bibliography; IndexAfter an unexpected mystical experience, the philosopher Simone Weil (1909-43) read the Greek classics from a Christian perspective, as this original study shows. To the intellectual agnostics of her day she wanted to show that the classics they loved could only be fully understood in light of Christ. To the Catholics she wanted to demonstrate that Christianity is much more universal than they thought, since Greek culture already embodied the Christian spirit before the incarnation. of Christ. - ;Marie Cabaud Meaney looks at Simone Weil's Christological interpretations of the Sophoclean AntigoOxford modern languages and literature monographs.ChristianityPhilosophyHistory20th centuryGreek literatureHistory and criticismChristianityPhilosophyHistoryGreek literatureHistory and criticism.194Meaney Marie Cabaud1610048MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818159303321Simone Weil's apologetic use of literature3937603UNINA