Simone Weil , Eric O. Springsted (Foreword), Richard Rees (Translator)
Seventy Letters: Personal and Intellectual Windows on a Thinker (Simone Weil: Selected Works)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781498239202
- author:
- Simone Weil , Eric O. Springsted (Foreword), Richard Rees (Translator)
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Wipf and Stock
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 228
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- , Simone Weil, Eric O. Springsted, Richard
- Condition:
- New
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- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Seventy Letters: A Collection of Personal and Intellectual Reflections This collection of letters offers a unique insight into Simone Weil's thoughts on social and philosophical matters. Written to friends, family, and occasionally to strangers, these letters provide valuable clues to her intellectual culture, philosophy, and science. They also reveal her deep concern for social issues and her urgent concerns about her project for a frontline corps of nurses. Many of the letters are biographically important, offering a personal perspective on Weil's life and work. Others raise important questions about intellectual matters, demonstrating her engagement with philosophical and scientific ideas. This selection provides an opportunity to understand Weil's thinking in a way that is both personal and profound. Seventy Letters is a valuable addition to any collection of philosophical and literary works.
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