Category: Books
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Simone Weil Bibliography: Major Works and English Translations
Read More: Simone Weil Bibliography: Major Works and English TranslationsHer books were assembled after her death. This guide lists the major works with their translators, publishers and years as…
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Simone Weil Scholarship: Journals, Societies and Academic Resources
Read More: Simone Weil Scholarship: Journals, Societies and Academic ResourcesWhere research on Simone Weil is published, and how to move between journals, reference entries and handbooks.
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Books About Simone Weil: Biographies and Critical Studies
Read More: Books About Simone Weil: Biographies and Critical StudiesA guide to biographies, memoirs and critical studies of Simone Weil, and how to read them alongside her own writing.
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How to Read Simone Weil: A Practical Reading Order
Read More: How to Read Simone Weil: A Practical Reading OrderA practical reading order for Simone Weil, from a general anthology through her essays and longer works to the notebooks.
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Simone Weil Anthologies and Readers: Starting Points in English
Read More: Simone Weil Anthologies and Readers: Starting Points in EnglishHow the main English anthologies of Simone Weil differ in selection, translation and framing, and which suits which reader.
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Simone Weil Notebooks: What the Cahiers Are and How to Read Them
Read More: Simone Weil Notebooks: What the Cahiers Are and How to Read ThemA plain guide to Simone Weil’s notebooks, the French and English editions, and how to read unfinished philosophical notes.
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Gravity and Grace (the Book): Contents, Editing and Reception
Read More: Gravity and Grace (the Book): Contents, Editing and ReceptionA plain guide to Simone Weil’s Gravity and Grace: how Gustave Thibon assembled it from her notebooks, what the chapters…
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Waiting for God by Simone Weil: What the Book Contains
Read More: Waiting for God by Simone Weil: What the Book ContainsA guide to the letters and essays in Waiting for God, the role of Father Perrin, and the book’s English…
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The Need for Roots by Simone Weil: Ideas and Context
Read More: The Need for Roots by Simone Weil: Ideas and ContextA guide to Simone Weil’s The Need for Roots: what she means by roots and uprootedness, why needs and obligations…
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Simone Weil Books: Where to Start and What to Read Next
Read More: Simone Weil Books: Where to Start and What to Read NextHow Simone Weil’s books came to exist, which titles readers meet first, and where notebooks, anthologies and biographies fit.