Grace and the Beauty of the World

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2000

Author

Rhees, Rush

Editor

Phillips, D. Z. (Dewi Zephaniah)

Book

Discussions of Simone Weil

Pages

155-167

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Place Published

Albany, NY

Language

English

Chapter

12

Keywords

beauty
'beauty of the world'
compassion
grace
humility
Spinoza, Benedictus de

Annotation

Here, Rhees considers the relationship between grace, humility, compassion and beauty, especially the beauty of the world in Weil’s thought, making some comparison to Spinoza.