The Love of Truth
Publication Type |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication |
1995 |
Author |
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Journal |
Cahiers Simone Weil |
Volume |
18 |
Number |
4 |
Pages |
389-417 |
Language |
English |
Publish Dates |
December 1995 |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Andic begins this article with a fairly lengthy discussion of the concept of truth and what it means ‘to love it’ in early Greek philosophy, focusing primarily on Plato and in the second section of the article, on Aristotle. He turns to Weil in the third section where drawing largely on Simone Petrement’s biography, he traces Weil’s ‘love of truth’. Andic then turns to Weil’s work in The Need for Roots, to briefly discusses what he describes as “Simone Weil’s most significant contribution to the topic, and the most important point in my essay”, the lack of the ‘spirit of truth’ in modern religion, science and thought (p. 408). The essay concludes with a consideration of the role of truth in the work of Iris Murdoch, as Murdoch was, he says, one of “Weil’s first and best readers” (412). |