Simone Weil 1909-43

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2001

Author

Smith, Richard

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

attention
decreation
Murdoch, Iris
overview
education

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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