Simone Weil
Subtitle: a life
By: Simone Pétrement ; translated from the French by Raymond Rosenthal.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Weil, Simone, 1909-1943; Philosophers -- France -- Biography
Description: During her lifetime, Weil was only known to relatively narrow circles; even in France her essays were mostly read only by those interested in radical politics. Yet during the first decade after her death, Weil rapidly became famous, attracting attention throughout the West. For the 3rd quarter of the twentieth century, she was widely regarded as the most influential person in the world on new work concerning religious and spiritual matters. Her philosophical, social and political thought also became popular, although not to the same degree as her religious work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of La vie de Simone Weil.