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Christian Platonism of Simone Weil (Hardcover, New)
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In this book a group of renowned international scholars seek to
discern the ways in which Simone Weil was indebted to Plato, and
how her provocative readings of his work offer challenges to
contemporary philosophy, theology, and spirituality. This is the
first book in twenty years to systematically investigate Weil's
Christian Platonism. The opening essays explore what actually
constitutes Weil's Platonism. Louis Dupre addresses the Platonic
and Gnostic elements of her thought with respect to her negative
theology, and the Christian Platonism of her positive theology as
found in her reflections on beauty and the Good. Michel Narcy
provides a close historical reading of Weil and discusses the
degree to which her teacher Alain influenced her Platonism. Michael
Ross contends that Weil's interest in Plato is in "ethical
Platonism." Essays by Robert Chenavier and by Patrick Patterson and
Lawrence E. Schmidt consider the importance of matter and
materialism in Weil's Platonism and argue that it is key to
understanding her political thought. A middle group of essays
addresses more classically metaphysical themes in Weil's thought.
Vance G. Morgan examines her use of Greek mathematics. Florence de
Lussy analyzes Weil's distinctive, mystical Platonic reflections on
Being in the last notebooks from Marseilles. Emmauel Gabellieri
discusses Weil's "metaxology," that is, the mediation and
relatedness of Being, shown in her speculative thought. Martin
Andic underlines the importance of her notion of attention. The
final set of essays considers Weil's relevance for contemporary
spirituality and moral theology. Cyril O'Regan examines her
thinking on violence and evil. Eric Springsted looks at the
conceptual links that exist between Weil and Augustine. Finally,
David Tracy contends that Weil is the foremost predecessor of
recent attempts to reunite the mystical and prophetic. Drawing
together some of the top Weil scholars in the world, this
collection offers important new insights into her thought, and will
be appreciated by philosophers and theologians.
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