Gravity and Grace

Weil, Simone

ISBN 10: 0803298005 / ISBN 13: 9780803298002

Published by Bison Books, 1997

Seller Inventory # mon0004187424

Synopsis:

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 grâce from the notebooks she left in his keeping. In 1952 this English translation accelerated the fame and influence of Simone Weil.

 

The striking aphorisms in Gravity and Grace reflect the religious philosophy of Weil’s last years. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her left-wing social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this masterwork makes clear why critics have called Simone Weil “a great soul who might have become a saint” and “the Outsider as saint, in an age of alienation.”

About the Author:

Introducer Thomas R. Nevin is a professor of classical studies at John Carroll University and the author of Simone Weil: Portrait of a Self-Exiled Jew.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gravity and Grace
Publisher: Bison Books
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good