Simone Weil

✍ Scribed by Weil, Simone;Springsted, Eric O.;Lawrence E Schmidt

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Simone Weil on philosophy -- Essay on the concept of reading -- Some reflections on the concept of value: on Valory's claim that philosophy is poetry -- Philosophy -- God in Plato -- Notes on the concept of character -- What is sacred in every human being? -- The first condition for the work of a free person (translated by Lawrence E. Schmidt) -- Literature and morals -- The responsibilities of literature -- At the price of an infinite error: the scientific image, ancient and modern.

✦ Table of Contents

Simone Weil on philosophy --
Essay on the concept of reading --
Some reflections on the concept of value: on Valory's claim that philosophy is poetry --
Philosophy --
God in Plato --
Notes on the concept of character --
What is sacred in every human being? --
The first condition for the work of a free person (translated by Lawrence E. Schmidt) --
Literature and morals --
The responsibilities of literature --
At the price of an infinite error: the scientific image, ancient and modern.

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