LEADER 02618nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910457913303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49358-5 010 $a9786613588814 010 $a1-86189-998-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084069 035 $a(EBL)851010 035 $a(OCoLC)775302659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000641204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12269615 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10623098 035 $a(PQKB)10772051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC851010 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL851010 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10538353 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358881 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084069 100 $a20120331d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSimone Weil$b[electronic resource] /$fPalle Yourgrau 210 $aLondon $cReaktion Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 225 1 $aCritical lives 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-798-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aSimone Weil Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Three Simones; 2. Six Swans; 3. Au Revoir, La Re?volution; 4. A Lesson in War; 5. A Great Day for Indo-China; 6. A Difference between France and God; 7. Fe?tes de la Faim; 8. On the Jewish Question; 9. The Crucifixion Suffices; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements 330 $aSimone Weil, legendary French philosopher, political activist, and mystic, died in 1943 at a sanatorium in Kent, England, at the age of thirty-four. During her brief lifetime, Weil was a paradox of asceticism and reclusive introversion who also maintained a teaching career and an active participation in politics. In this concise biography, Palle Yourgrau outlines Weil's influential life and work and demonstrates how she tried to apply philosophy to everyday life. Born in Paris to a cultivated Jewish-French family, Weil excelled at philosophy, and her empathetic political cons 410 0$aCritical lives (London, England) 606 $aWomen philosophers$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aPhilosophers$zFrance$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen philosophers 615 0$aPhilosophers 676 $a194 700 $aYourgrau$b Palle$0615030 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457913303321 996 $aSimone Weil$92121647 997 $aUNINA