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'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she
Diskussionen om arbejdet står centralt i vores tid. Og selvom vi har flyttet meget af det mest fysisk opslidende arbejde til lande langt væk, eller måske netop derfor, er det mere relevant end nogensinde at forholde os til de mennesker, der producerer vor
Når ytringsfrihed reduceres til propagandafrihed, er de enestedele af den menneskelig ånd, som fortjener at udtrykke sig, ikke frie til at gøre det. I essayet "Personen og det hellige" skriver den franske filosof, mystiker, lærer og aktivist Sim
"I vores sakaldte tekniske epokeer kampe mod vindmøller de eneste,vi ved, hvordan skaludkæmpes. Det her oversatte essay af Simone Weil indeholder hendes afvisning af partiånden og partitagen overhovedet i de demokratiske samfund. Med grusom ironi spi
Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God. Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today's spiritual seekers? Was i
A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could be What do humans require to be truly nourished? Simone Weil, one of the foremost philosophers of the last century, envisage
Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work 'The Nee
... Il me semble que la volont? de Dieu n'est pas que j'entre dans l'?glise pr?sentement. Car, je vous l'ai d?j? dit, et c'est encore vrai, l'inhibition qui me retient ne se fait pas moins fortement sentir dans les moments d'at
»Helten er en ting, der slæbes i støvet bag en vogn.«Simone Weil (1909-1943), fransk forfatter og filosof, efterspørger i Iliaden eller styrkens digt nye figurer, vi kan orientere os efter, nye troper og grundfortællinger. Udgangspunktet for hendes genlæs
The remarkable French thinker Simone Weil is one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, her literary output belied her tragically short l
Simone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la grace from the notebooks she left in his keepin
La notion d'obligation prime celle de droit, qui lui est subordonn?e et relative. Un droit n'est pas efficace par lui-m?me, mais seulement par l'obligation ? laquelle il correspond; l'accomplissement effectif d'un droit provient non pa
'You cannot get far in these essays without sensing yourself in the presence of a writer of immense intellectual power and fierce independence of mind.' - Janet Soskice, from the Introduction to the Routledge Classics edition Simone Weil (19091943
Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Saved . Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weils own thoughts on tragedy. A figure of af
Simone Weil (19091943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century. She was also a political activist, worked in the Renault car factory in France in the 1930s and fought briefly as an anarchist i
The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in English. Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909-1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual
Simone Weil (1909-1943) skrev hovedværket Rodfæstelsen under anden verdenskrig, kort før hun døde af tuberkulose, 34 år gammel. Undertitlen er meget sigende: Optakt til en erklæring om pligter over for mennesket. Weil ser det 20. århundredes civilisation,
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 sisterall these manifest a life devoted to the good in
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a defining figure of the twentieth century; a philosopher, Christian, resistance fighter, anarchist, feminist, Labour activist and teacher. She was described by T. S. Eliot as 'a woman of genius, of a kind of genius akin to
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 sisterall these manifest a life devoted to the good in