Simone Weil
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born
February 03, 1909
died
August 24, 1943
gender
female
place of birth
Paris, France
genre
Religion & Spirituality, Politics, Philosophy
about this author
Simone Weil was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.
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Waiting for God by Simone Weil avg rating 4.23 — 124 ratings — published 1959 7 editions |
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Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil avg rating 4.47 — 92 ratings — published 1952 10 editions |
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War and the Iliad by Simone Weil, Rachel Bespaloff avg rating 4.39 — 41 ratings — published 2005 |
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The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind by Simone Weil avg rating 3.82 — 28 ratings — published 1977 7 editions |
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Letter to a Priest by Simone Weil avg rating 3.96 — 23 ratings — published 1999 4 editions |
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The Simone Weil Reader by Simone Weil avg rating 4.21 — 14 ratings — published 1977 4 editions |
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The Iliad, or, The poem of force by Simone Weil avg rating 4.75 — 12 ratings — published 1985 2 editions |
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Oppression and Liberty by Simone Weil avg rating 4.00 — 14 ratings — published 1978 3 editions |
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The Notebooks of Simone Weil by Simone Weil avg rating 4.45 — 11 ratings — published 1956 3 editions |
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Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks by Simone Weil avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published 1987 3 editions |
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"Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating."
— Simone Weil
— Simone Weil
"Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling. "
— Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace)
— Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace)
