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“The Relevance of Simone Weil (1909-1943): 100 Years Later, in Rozelle-Stone”

Jacques Cabaud

A. Rebecca & Stone Lucian, eds., The Relevance of the Radical: Simone Weil 100 Years Later, New York: Continuum, pp. xvii-xx

“Simone Weil’s Unpublished Shirt”

Desmond Avery

PN Review, vol. 144, pp. 28-33

Discussions of Simone Weil

Rush Rhees read

The work of Simone Weil has not garnered the attention it deserves in the Anglo-American tradition. In this book, Rhees, the noted thinker trained by Wittgenstein, provides the most sustained critique to date of Weil’s views on science and religion. In this decidedly Wittgensteinian spin on the philosophy of religion, Rhees’ observations on the major themes in Weil’s work–social philosophy, science, ethics, and religion–are presented. The book shows how Rhees wrestled with difficulties he found in the work of Weil, someone he held in the highest regard.

“In the field of Weil studies, this book is a ‘gold mine.'” — Richard H. Bell, author of Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion

“Weil was a highly original thinker and Discussions of Simone Weil helps bring out that originality. Rhees also makes a contribution to the philosophy of religion, for here we get to see how a genuine Wittgensteinian approach might work in tackling religious questions.” — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature, and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil

Rush Rhees (1905-1989) taught at the University of Wales, Swansea, for twenty-six years and became Honorary Professor after his retirement. He is the author of Without Answers; Discussions of Wittgenstein; On Religion and Philosophy; Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse; and Moral Questions. D. Z. Phillips is Rush Rhees Research Professor at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Danforth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, California. Mario von der Ruhr is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea.

D.Z Phillips assisted by Mario von der Ruhr, ed., New York: State University of New York Press, 2000

Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield

Simone Weil: An Introduction

H. Abosch

K.A. Kenny, trans., New York, Pennbridge Books

Spirit, Nature and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil

Diogenes Allen & Eric O. Springsted

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press

“The Obligation of the Past: Simone Weil’s Memory”

Richard Terdiman

Cahiers Simone Weil, vol. XVI, no. 4

Simone Weil’s Philosophy of Culture: Readings Toward a Divine Humanity

Richard H. Bell

New York: Cambridge University Press