Love

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2000

Author

Rhees, Rush

Editor

Phillips, D. Z. (Dewi Zephaniah)

Book

Discussions of Simone Weil

Pages

105-126

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Place Published

Albany, NY

Language

English

Chapter

9

Keywords

love
suffering
detachment

Annotation

Rhees turns, in this chapter, to reflect on Weil’s ideas about love. He is particularly troubled with her ideas about detachment and suffering in relation to love, raising a number of critical questions about her writing on these subjects.