Simone Adolphine Weil (/ veɪ / VAY; [1] French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Despite her short life, her ideas …

Simone Weil (born February 3, 1909, Paris, France—died August 24, 1943, Ashford, Kent, England) was a French mystic, social philosopher, and activist in the French Resistance …

Mar 10, 2018 · Simone Weil (1909–1943) philosophized on thresholds and across borders. Her persistent desire for truth and justice led her to both elite academies and factory floors, political …

The French philosopher Simone Weil is a confronting and disconcerting figure in modern philosophy.

French philosopher and activist Simone Weil was born into a wealthy, agnostic Jewish family of intellectuals in Paris. She studied and eventually taught philosophy, attracting attention for her...

Simone Weil (February 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943) was a French philosopher and religious mystic. Although Jewish by birth, she was initially an atheist and later her religious thinking …

Simone Weil was one of those witnesses. Possessed of a rare and pure intensity of spirit, and an unusual combination of personal commitment and a high and clear intelligence, she has …

Simone Adolphine Weil (/ veɪ / VAY; [1] French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Despite her short life, her ideas …

Simone Weil was a renowned French philosopher, social activist, and mystic, born into a cultured and affluent Jewish family in 1909. Despite her family's agnostic stance, she grappled with her …

Simone Weil carried two burdens throughout her life—by birth, not by choice, Simone was a female and a Jew. From an early age, she repudiated and minimized her gender and rejected …