Spirit, Nature and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil (SUNY series, Simone Weil Studies) - Hardcover

Allen, Diogenes; Springsted, Eric O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791420175 ISBN 13: 9780791420171

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Diogenes Allen is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary. Eric O. Springsted is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Illinois College and is President of the Simone Weil Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791420175
• ISBN 13: 9780791420171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 241