Attention. French philosopher Simone Weil, who lived a short life at the beginning of the 20th century, was devoted to her ideals, and thought it was the "sincerest form of generosity," the second ...

André Weil (left, in 1956) and Simone Weil (in 1922) were siblings who became prominent in mathematics and philosophy, respectively. Konrad Jacobs (right) and Anonymous (left) via Wikimedia Commons, ...

In the abbreviated life of French philosopher and sociopolitical activist Simone Weil (1909–1943), the daughter of agnostic Jews went to workers’-movement meetings as a child, later fought in the ...

Philosophers have lives; saints have legends. No miracles are associated with Simone Weil (1909-43), and a glance at reference books on philosophy finds her listed alongside Jean-Paul Sartre and ...

A new documentary tries, but fails, to gain a deeper understanding of this perplexing and prolific philosopher. The life and thought of Simone Weil present numerous paradoxes and pitfalls for a ...

Who was Simone Weil, the French philosopher (1909-43) who professed a profound desire to “re-enchant the world”? She was a galvanizing figure, to say the least: Severe ascetic and Jewish ...

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We read more and more these days about the prospect of a “post-job society”—one of automation and cybernetics, of digital technologies, 3D printers and robotics. This sounds very exciting for the well ...

The sound of the banalities generally uttered about Simone Weil can already be heard in these few words by Simone de Beauvoir: “A great famine had just struck China, and they told me that Simone Weil ...

In 1957, when Albert Camus received the Nobel Prize in literature in Stockholm, a reporter asked him which writers he felt the closest to. He gave two names: his close friend Rene Char and the ...