A Philosophical Anthropology Drawn From Simone Weil S Life And Writings

Author : Helen E. Cullen
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781525501807

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A Philosophical Anthropology Drawn from Simone Weil's Life and Writings by Helen E. Cullen Pdf

A Philosophical Anthropology Drawn from Simone Weil’s Life & Writings situates Weil’s thought in the time between the two world wars through which she lived, and traces Weil’s consistent conception of a mind-body dualism in the Cartesian sense to a dualism that places the mind within a carnal part of the soul and establishes an eternal part of the soul as the essence of human beings. Helen Cullen argues that in Weil’s early conception of human nature, her Cartesian conception of perception already shows a glimpse of the eternal. Weil’s dualistic conception also forms the basis of her political analysis of the left of her time, and through working in factories and in the fields, she develops a conception of labour as a theory of “action” and “work with a method.” Weil was influenced by leading thinkers of her time, prompting her to do an analysis of current scientific theories. Cullen argues that Weil’s analysis of Christianity, already present in Greek philosophy, shows us a theory of “identical thought” inherited from the East (India and China) and brought forth by peoples around Israel. This theory leads to Weil’s analysis, developed in The Need for Roots, of how we’ve been uprooted through colonization and how we can grow roots in a free local society (both rural and urban).

Author : Helen E. Cullen
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781039171664

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A Selection of Short Essays on Simone Weil's Life and Writings by Helen E. Cullen Pdf

Simone Weil was an extraordinary French woman who, born in 1909, didn’t have the same freedoms women today enjoy. Despite that, she became a political activist, a teacher, and one of the world’s most well-respected philosophers. By the time she died at the age of thirty-three, Weil had made significant contributions to humanity. In Helen Cullen’s book, A Selection of Short Essays on Simone Weil's Life and Writings, Weil’s background and philosophies on life are laid out and examined. Though many believe that her political leanings had become more conservative over time—as she embraced a more mystical life—Cullen aims to demonstrate how she continued to have very progressive and leftist beliefs until her death. Weil wrote copiously during her short life, addressing many social, political, and religious issues, such as the rights of factory workers during the Second World War. She was an activist during the 1930’s, herself working in factories so she could live the experiences she wrote about. Weil's perspectives on life were heavily influenced by Plato and his philosophy, which Cullen analyzes in her essays. Cullen also spends time examining Weil’s theory of Identical Thought, which some believe is her greatest contribution to humanity. This book of essays offers new insight into one of this world’s greatest female minds, inspiring us to consider how we, too, may contribute to humanity.

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780268092917

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Simone Weil by Simone Weil Pdf

Although trained as a philosopher, Simone Weil (1909–43) contributed to a wide range of subjects, resulting in a rich field of interdisciplinary Weil studies. Yet those coming to her work from such disciplines as sociology, history, political science, religious studies, French studies, and women’s studies are often ignorant of or baffled by her philosophical investigations. In Simone Weil: Late Philosophical Writings, Eric O. Springsted presents a unique collection of Weil’s writings, one concentrating on her explicitly philosophical thinking. The essays are drawn chiefly from the time Weil spent in Marseille in 1940-42, as well as one written from London; most have been out of print for some time; three appear for the first time; all are newly translated. Beyond making important texts available, this selection provides the context for understanding Weil's thought as a whole. This volume is important not only for those with a general interest in Weil; it also specifically presents Weil as a philosopher, chiefly one interested in questions of the nature of value, moral thought, and the relation of faith and reason. What also appears through this judicious selection is an important confirmation that on many issues respecting the nature of philosophy, Weil, Wittgenstein, and Kierkegaard shared a great deal.

Author : John Hellman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781725255531

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Simone Weil by John Hellman Pdf

Albert Camus called her "the only great spirit of our time." She was one of the most prominent French political thinkers of this century. She was a brilliant social activist, a vigilant and critical Marxist. Her religious and philosophical writings are remarkable in their originality. And yet Simone Weil died without ever writing a complete book and without ever formulating a major intellectual testament. In this study of her life and thought, John Hellman synthesizes insights drawn from her varied, fragmentary writings--notebooks, essays, and letters--into a single, highly original view of the world. This fascinating book reinforces the belief that Simone Weil remains one of the most imaginative and out-of-the-ordinary forces in twentieth-century political thought and social activism.

Author : Diogenes Allen,Eric O. Springsted
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791494554

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Spirit, Nature and Community by Diogenes Allen,Eric O. Springsted Pdf

This book covers the main aspects of Simone Weil's thought, drawing on her life where it is relevant for understanding her ideas. It is the fruit of many years engagement with scholars and scholarship on Weil in America, France, and the United Kingdom. The philosophical bases of her social and political thought, of her analysis of the natural world, and of her spiritual journey, as found in Plato, Epictetus, and Kant are uncovered. The authors are especially concerned with controversial aspects of Weil's life and thought: they offer an additional dimension to her understanding of the supernatural; they correct Rowan Williams' misunderstanding of her account of preferential love; and argue against Thomas Nevin's attempt to marginalize her as another example of Jewish self-hatred. The book also presents and assesses the new evidence for Weil's baptism.

Author : Eric O. Springsted
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0268200203

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Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century by Eric O. Springsted Pdf

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781003829775

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Simone Weil: Basic Writings by Simone Weil Pdf

Simone Weil is one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the 20th century. A teacher, factory and farm labourer, a political activist at home and abroad, a loving friend, daughter and sister—all these manifest a life devoted to the good in its many forms. Her writings explore the good open to us and the various routes to it, spanning philosophy, politics, science and spirituality. While she saw her vocation primarily as a philosopher—examining questions concerning human faculties, action and thought, the limits of language and our need of mediation, suffering and beauty for contact with reality—her startlingly original thought is often obscured by her having been too readily categorized as a Christian mystic. Simone Weil: Basic Writings is an expertly edited anthology of Weil’s most important writings, presenting her philosophy as it relates to the architecture of human nature, politics, work, necessity, beauty, goodness and God. Working from the definitive French edition of Weil’s complete writings, D. K. Levy and Marina Barabas have translated the essays anew or for the first time, adding important notes and references absent from existing English language editions of Weil’s work. Following an extensive introduction that gives an overview of Weil's life and thought, each part opens with a short preface situating the selected essays within Weil’s oeuvre. Simone Weil: Basic Writings provides an excellent entry point to Weil’s philosophy, as well as a reference for students and scholars of Weil's thought in philosophy and related disciplines.

Author : Christopher Frost
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040053228

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Simone Weil by Christopher Frost Pdf

This book provides a unique presentation of Simone Weilʹs life, work, and her contributions to feminist thought. Long before postmodern or deconstructionist ideas became current, Weil was concerned with recognizing the absence of consistency and the continual presence of reversals and contradictions in life. The struggle to clarify her "reading" of reality and her perceptions of meaning was an ongoing one and she challenged contemporary views on complex issues such as human nature, good and evil, divinity, and truth. In this introduction to Simone Weilʹs ideas, and the political and intellectual circumstances of her work, the authors make Weilʹs complex and at times elusive ideas accessible to readers. They offer their own interpretation of her work and delineate how Weilʹs ideas evolved, while providing compelling excerpts from Weilʹs writings to let her speak for herself. Her work offers a voice for those segments of society that are generally underrepresented, misrepresented, or totally silent in conventional historical and philosophical writings. -- Back cover.

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy, French
ISBN : 0268041504

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Late Philosophical Writings by Simone Weil Pdf

This collection of Weil's later writings captures her insightful philosophical explorations of the nature of value, moral thought, and the relation of faith and reason.

Author : A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786601339

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Simone Weil and Continental Philosophy by A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone Pdf

Offering new insight into the pertinence of Simone Weil’s thought, this volume situates her in the Continental discourses which constituted her philosophical background, her milieu, and which frequently reflected her departures from her contemporaries.

Author : Simone Pétrement
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : 0394734629

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La Vie de Simone Weil by Simone Pétrement Pdf

Author : Robert Zaretsky
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226826608

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The Subversive Simone Weil by Robert Zaretsky Pdf

Known as the “patron saint of all outsiders,” Simone Weil (1909–43) was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable thinkers, a philosopher who truly lived by her political and ethical ideals. In a short life framed by the two world wars, Weil taught philosophy to lycée students and organized union workers, fought alongside anarchists during the Spanish Civil War and labored alongside workers on assembly lines, joined the Free French movement in London and died in despair because she was not sent to France to help the Resistance. Though Weil published little during her life, after her death, thanks largely to the efforts of Albert Camus, hundreds of pages of her manuscripts were published to critical and popular acclaim. While many seekers have been attracted to Weil’s religious thought, Robert Zaretsky gives us a different Weil, exploring her insights into politics and ethics, and showing us a new side of Weil that balances her contradictions—the rigorous rationalist who also had her own brand of Catholic mysticism; the revolutionary with a soft spot for anarchism yet who believed in the hierarchy of labor; and the humanitarian who emphasized human needs and obligations over human rights. Reflecting on the relationship between thought and action in Weil’s life, The Subversive Simone Weil honors the complexity of Weil’s thought and speaks to why it matters and continues to fascinate readers today.

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135175993

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Formative Writings (Routledge Revivals) by Simone Weil Pdf

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. Written between 1929 and 1941 the book covers a crucial and transitional period in Weil’s life. Taken together they represent invaluable primary source material on the evolution of Weil’s life and on her chosen method of abstracting elements from her personal experience and transmuting that experience into considered thought. Even when highly theoretical, her writing was always concerned with the application of her intelligence to concrete problems of human existence.

Author : Richard H. Bell
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521432634

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Simone Weil's Philosophy of Culture by Richard H. Bell Pdf

This is an excellent treatment, by fourteen distinguished scholars, of some of the central strands in the philosophy of Simone Weil.

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781725255609

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Seventy Letters by Simone Weil Pdf

Introducing the Selected Works of Simone Weil Throughout her life, Simone Weil was a constant letter writer and Seventy Letters contains a fair and important selection of them. Many of them are biographically important, as they are written to friends and to her family, especially to her brother, Andre. But they also give many important clues to Weil's own thinking on social and philosophical matters. In her later letters, her urgent concerns about her project for a frontline corps of nurses is obvious. In earlier ones, she not only shows her deep concern for social issues, but also raises issues about intellectual matters. These letters and others are particularly important for understanding her thinking on intellectual culture, philosophy, and science. SELECTED WORKS: First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge / ISBN 978-1-4982-3919-6 Seventy Letters: Personal and Intellectual Windows on a Thinker / ISBN 978-1-4982-3920-2 Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political and Moral Writings / ISBN 978-1-4982-3921-9