Late philosophical writings / Simone Weil ; edited and with an introduction by Eric O. Springsted ; translated by Eric O. Springsted and Lawrence E. Schmidt.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weil, Simone, 1909-1943
Other Authors: Springsted, Eric O. (Editor, Translator), Schmidt, Lawrence, 1942- (Translator)
Other title:Works. Selections. English. 2015
Simone Weil.
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Simone Weil on philosophy
  • Essay on the concept of reading
  • Some reflections on the concept of value: on Valéry's claim that philosophy is poetry
  • Philosophy
  • God in Plato
  • Notes on the concept of character
  • What is sacred in every human being?
  • The first condition for the work of a free person (translated by Lawrence E. Schmidt)
  • Literature and morals
  • The responsibilities of literature
  • At the price of an infinite error: the scientific image, ancient and modern.