Mirror of Obedience - The Poems and Selected Prose of Simone Weil (Paperback)

Simone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the foremost French philosophers of the 20th century; a mystic, activist, and writer whose profound work continues to intrigue and inspire today. Mirror of Obedience collects together Weil's poetry and autobiographical writings translated into English for the first time. It offers a rare glimpse into a more personal and introspective Weil than we usually encounter. She was writing and re-working her poems until the end of her life and in a letter from London to her parents, dated 22 January 1943, she expressed the wish for her verses to appear together in print in chronological order, a wish which this volume honours. Weil was a thinker who wrote with discipline and spareness and cherished the poetic form for its power to compress language and distill meaning. In these poems and literary writings, we see her own efforts to craft poems as essential expressions of thought, bringing into view another aspect of Weil’s quest for beauty and truth.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2023
Editors:	Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (Lecturer in Philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University and Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Associate Tutor in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia) • Philip Wilson (Honorary Research Fellow, University of East Anglia)
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-25068-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	1-350-25068-6
Barcode:	9781350250680

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