Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers

Publication Type

Book

Year of Publication

2015

Author

Bradatan, Costica

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Place Published

London

Language

English

Keywords

overview
death
hunger
Gandhi, Mahatma

Annotation

See section "Intermezzo (where the philosopher performs a disappearing act) pp. 102-108 for a discussion of Weil's death and "The Art of Hunger" p. 116 for a comparison of Weil and Gandhi. Note a number of quotes from Weil are used throughout the book.