Letter to a Priest (Routledge Classics) - Softcover

Weil, Simone

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415267676 ISBN 13: 9780415267670

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Letter to a Priest encapsulates the sharp wit and questioning nature of Simone Weil. Regarded by Susan Sontag as 'one of the most uncompromising and troubling witnesses to the modern travail of the spirit', Weil grips the moral imagination as few others before or since. She was only thirty four when she died in 1943, yet despite her short life she left behind an incredible body of literature. Letter to a Priest, addressed to Father Joseph-Marie Perrin, a Catholic priest who Weil met in Marseilles, is one of her most powerful pieces. Written at a time when those who knew her considered her to be 'like a soul in torment whose thinking had all the signs of a deep inner conflict', it contains thirty five powerful expressions of opinion on matters concerning Catholic faith, dogma and institutions. Vehement and controversial, yet eloquent and moving, it is essential reading for anyone who has questions about faith and belief.

About this title

About the Author

Simone Weil (1909-1943). One of the most original philosophical, religious and political thinkers of the twentieth century.

From the Back Cover

A letter written by Simone Weil to a French priest in New York, in which she raises fundamental and highly controversial concerns on matters of Catholic faith, dogma and institutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415267676
• ISBN 13: 9780415267670
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 80