Simone Weil
Oeuvres.
Gallimard, 1999. Quarto. 2070754340 1275 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.25", is new, still in shrinkwrap.
"Simone Weil leaves the memory of a strange figure, superhuman in certain aspects, which attracts and repels at the same time. We recognize in her an exceptional intellectual power, a moral force worthy of heroes, an unparalleled courage and spirit of resistance, but an intransigence in existence which frightens and which is accompanied by an often prophetic lucidity. During her lifetime, as today, she disturbs, irritates, scandalizes, while arousing the strongest attachment. More than fifty years after her death, we are finally able to embrace the totality of a life and an abundant work, and to bring out the coherence in all its strength. The purpose of this volume is to bring together the activist, the philosopher and the mystic, because everything is united in this thought with powerfully convergent views. Finally, a series of testimonials on Simone Weil, the reception of her work (Blanchot, Cioran, Sperber, etc.) and its resonance abroad complete this volume and provide it with valuable insights."