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Simone Weil as We Knew Her  
Author: Joseph Marie Marie Perrin
ISBN: 0415306434
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
First published in 1953, and now newly introduced by Patricia Little, this unique portrait depicts Weil through the eyes of her friends, not as a strange and unaccountable genius but as an ardent and very human young person in search of truth and knowledge.


About the Author
J.P. Little teaches at St. Patrick's University College, Dublin, Ireland. Father Jean-Marie was a priest of the Dominican order who met Weil in 1941; Gustave Thibon was a farmer and a Christian philosopher.




Simone Weil as We Knew Her

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a defining figure of the 20th century; a philosopher, Christian, resistance fighter, labour activist and teacher, described by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our time.' In 1941 Weil was introduced to Father Joseph-Marie Perrin, a Dominican priest whose friendship became a key influence on her life. When Weil asked Perrin for work as a field hand he sent her to Gustave Thibon, a farmer and Christian philosopher. Weil stayed with the Thibon family, working in the fields and writing the notebooks which became Gravity and Grace and other posthumous works." Perrin and Thibon met Weil at a time when her spiritual life and creative genius were at their height. During the short but deep period of their acquaintance with her, they came to know her as she actually was. First published in English in 1953 and now introduced by J. P. Little, this portrait depicts Weil through the eyes of her friends, not as a strange and unaccountable genius but as an ardent and human person in search of truth and knowledge.

     



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