A Life in Letters

Informationen zum Autor Simone Weil (19091943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist, widely considered one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century. Robert Chenavier is President of the Association for the Study of Simone Weil's Thought and the author of four books, most recently Simone Weil, une Juive antisémite? André A. Devaux (19212017) was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne (Paris IV). Klappentext The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil's letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century's great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupational experiments, political commitments, restless mobility, and wide-ranging interests. Zusammenfassung The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil's letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century's great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupational experiments, political commitments, restless mobility, and wide-ranging interests.

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Simone Weil (19091943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist, widely considered one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century. Robert Chenavier is President of the Association for the Study of Simone Weil's Thought and the author of four books, most recently *Simone Weil, une Juive antisémite?*André A. Devaux (19212017) was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne (Paris IV).

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The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil's letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century's great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupational experiments, political commitments, restless mobility, and wide-ranging interests.