Simone Weil 1909-43
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2001 |
Author |
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Editor |
Palmer, Joy |
Book |
Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education from Piaget to the Present |
Pages |
69-73 |
Publisher |
Routledge |
Place Published |
New York |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Smith offers a short description of Weil's life, followed by brief reflections on selected aspects of her thought. He begins by describing Weil as "neo-Platonic, Christian mystic" (p. 69), before moving on to a consideration of Weil's notions of decreation , attention as well as her influence on the philosopher Iris Murdoch. |
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