French philosopher and religious apologist. Weil published during her lifetime only a few poems and articles.
Gasoline is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
Simone Weil was born in Paris. She was raised in an agnostic Jewish family. Her father was an Alsation physician and her mother was Austrian-Galician. Weil's brother Andre became a distinguished mathematician. Throughout her life, Weil had problems with food - eating was for her a moral act.