What is Simone Weil?
[[File:Simone Weil 1921.jpg|thumb|Simone Weil (1921)]] '''Simone Weil''' (3 February 1909 in [[Paris]], [[France]] – 24 August 1943 in [[Ashford, Kent]], England), was a French philosopher, [[gnosticism|gnostic]], Christian [[mysticism|mystic]], and activist for [[social justice]] and [[soteriology]] of Jewish descent. ==Books== * ''Simone Weil, Œuvres complètes.'' (Paris: Gallimard, 1989–2006, 6 vols.) (complete works) *1947: ''La Pesanteur et la grâce'' (Gravity and grace) *1949: ''L'Enracinement'' (Rootedness) *1950 ''Attente de Dieu'' (Waiting for God) *1951: ''Lettre à un religieux'' (Letter to a monk) *1951: ''Les Intuitions pré-chrétiennes'' (Paris: Les Éditions de la Colombe) (Pre-Christian intuitions) *1952: ''La Source grecque'' (Paris: Gallimard) (The Greek source) *1955: ''Oppression et liberté'' (Oppression and liberty) *2006: ''Note sur la suppression générale des partis politiques'' (Paris: Climats) (Note on the general suppression of political parties) == Other websites == *[http://www.traduccionssimoneweil.cat Some texts from Simone Weil] (translated to Catalan) {{bio-stub}} {{Social and political philosophy}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weil, Simone}} [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1943 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century French philosophers]] [[Category:Jewish activists]] [[Category:Jewish philosophers]] [[Category:Jews who converted to Christianity]] [[Category:Nonviolence advocates]] [[Category:Scientists from Paris]]