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SIMONE WEIL: A Very Short Introduction
Copyright
Dedications
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: A life and death of attention
Simone and André Weil
Health issues and concerns with purity
Education and philosophical influences
Teaching and activist work
Dying attending
Chapter 2: Greek inspiration
Power and balance
Justice versus rights
Contradiction and truth
Desire for the good
Chapter 3: Labour and politics
Work and oppression
Critique of Marxism
Political rhetoric and parties
Needs of the soul and the ideal society
Chapter 4: Religion
Implicit Christianity and mystical experiences
The problem of evil
Other religious inspirations
Judaism
Grace, gravity, and atheism as purification
Chapter 5: Ethics
The void and the self
Evil and illusion
The good and attention
Moral education
Chapter 6: Beauty
Metaxu
The eternal in art
The precarious in nature
Beholding at a distance
Chapter 7: Weil in the present and future
Scholarly influence
Attending to our world today
References
Chapter 1: A life and death of attention
Chapter 2: Greek inspiration
Chapter 3: Labour and politics
Chapter 4: Religion
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Beauty
Chapter 7: Weil in the present and future
Further reading
Chapter 1: A life and death of attention
Chapter 2: Greek inspiration
Chapter 3: Labour and politics
Chapter 4: Religion
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Beauty
Chapter 7: Weil in the present and future
Index
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SIMONE WEIL: A Very Short Introduction
Copyright
Dedications
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: A life and death of attention
Simone and André Weil
Health issues and concerns with purity
Education and philosophical influences
Teaching and activist work
Dying attending
Chapter 2: Greek inspiration
Power and balance
Justice versus rights
Contradiction and truth
Desire for the good
Chapter 3: Labour and politics
Work and oppression
Critique of Marxism
Political rhetoric and parties
Needs of the soul and the ideal society
Chapter 4: Religion
Implicit Christianity and mystical experiences
The problem of evil
Other religious inspirations
Judaism
Grace, gravity, and atheism as purification
Chapter 5: Ethics
The void and the self
Evil and illusion
The good and attention
Moral education
Chapter 6: Beauty
Metaxu
The eternal in art
The precarious in nature
Beholding at a distance
Chapter 7: Weil in the present and future
Scholarly influence
Attending to our world today
References
Chapter 1: A life and death of attention
Chapter 2: Greek inspiration
Chapter 3: Labour and politics
Chapter 4: Religion
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Beauty
Chapter 7: Weil in the present and future
Further reading
Chapter 1: A life and death of attention
Chapter 2: Greek inspiration
Chapter 3: Labour and politics
Chapter 4: Religion
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Beauty
Chapter 7: Weil in the present and future
Index
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