The World and Necessity

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2000

Author

Rhees, Rush

Editor

Phillips, D. Z. (Dewi Zephaniah)

Book

Discussions of Simone Weil

Pages

45-50

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Place Published

Albany, NY

Language

English

Chapter

5

Keywords

necessity
reality
world

Annotation

In this chapter, Rhees attempts to explain the kind of difficulty he has with Weil’s use of language, particularly with what he sees as her contradictory use of terms like necessity, reality, ‘the world’, etc.