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Autore: Yourgrau Palle Visualizza persona
Titolo: Simone Weil [[electronic resource] /] / Palle Yourgrau Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion Books, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina: 194
Soggetto topico: Women philosophers - France
Philosophers - France
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Simone Weil Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Three Simones; 2. Six Swans; 3. Au Revoir, La Révolution; 4. A Lesson in War; 5. A Great Day for Indo-China; 6. A Difference between France and God; 7. Fêtes de la Faim; 8. On the Jewish Question; 9. The Crucifixion Suffices; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements
Sommario/riassunto: Simone 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
Titolo autorizzato: Simone Weil  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-49358-5
9786613588814
1-86189-998-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457913303321
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Serie: Critical lives (London, England)