Simone Weil

Simone Weil: Basic Writings (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Levy, D. K.; Barabas, Marina

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An outstanding starting point for anyone seeking an introduction to Simone Weil's philosophical thinking, and essential reading for more advanced students and scholars of Weil's thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003829775
• Artikelnr.: 69629399

Autorenporträt

Simone Weil (1909-1943), a profound, original and influential thinker in the 20th century, was a political writer and activist, and a formidable philosopher. Her best-known writings appeared in English in The Need for Roots (1952), Waiting on God (1951) and Oppression and Liberty (1958). Albert Camus saw her as "the only great spirit of our times". D.K. Levy is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Marina Barabas, having taught philosophy in London and Boston, is now a Fellow of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction D. K. Levy Notes on the Translation D. K. Levy and Marina
Barabas Part 1: Here below Introduction to Part 1 D. K. Levy 1. Study for a
declaration of obligations to the human being 2. Concerning syndicalism
"Single, Apolitical, Mandatory" 3. Let's not start the Trojan War again 4.
Legitimacy of the provisional government 5. What does the Occitanian
inspiration consist in 6. Prelude to a declaration of duties toward the
human being 7. Is there a Marxist doctrine? 8. Reflections on quantum
theory 9. Morality and literature 10. Essay on the concept of reading 11.
Some reflexions on the concept of value 12. This war is a war of religions
13. Are we fighting for justice? 14. Is the human person sacred? Part 2:
Mediation Introduction to Part 2 D. K. Levy 15. Precondition of non-servile
work 16. Reflections on the good use of school studies with a view to the
love of God 17. Sketch of the "Commentary on Pythagorean texts" 18.
Concerning the Pythagorean Doctrine Part 3: Beyond the sky Introduction to
Part 3 D. K. Levy 19. Theory of Sacraments 20. Forms of the implicit love
of God i. Love of one's neighbour ii. Love of the order of the world iii.
Love of religious practices iv. Friendship v. Implicit love and explicit
love 21. God's love and affliction. Index