Simone Weil’s first cousin Raymonde finally agrees to an interview
Clip from the documentary written, directed & produced by Julia Haslett
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The philosophy of being good
Both the Anglo-Irish novelist Iris Murdoch and the French mystic Simone Weil had the idea of the ‘good’ at the centre of their philosophy – and both tried to resolve the tension between thinking and ‘doing’ in their own way.
The Tablet (June 23, 2021)
Inside Issue 7: New and Forthcoming
When Gravity Devalues Grace: Further Reflections on Thibon’s Weil Book
Weaving the World: Simone Weil on Science, Mathematics, and Love
Weaving the World uses Simone Weil’s philosophy of science and mathematics as an introduction to the thought of one of the most powerful philosophical and theological minds of the twentieth century. Weil held that, for the ancient Greeks, the ultimate purpose of science and mathematics was the knowledge and love of the divine. Her creative assimilation of this vision led her to a conception of science and mathematics that connects the human person with not only the physical world but also the spiritual and aesthetic aspects of human existence. Vance G. Morgan investigates Weil’s earliest texts on science, in which she lays the foundation for a conception of science rooted in basic human concerns and activities. He then tracks Weil’s analysis of the development of science, particularly of the mathematics and science of the ancient Greeks.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005
Waiting for God
Foreword by Janet Soskice, New York: Routledge.
Edward Carr & Simone Weil: Seeds in the Soil?
“Contesting Immigration Detention: St. Augustine & Simone Weil on use of Force”
St. John’s University, CRS Global Campus Committee
