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Simone Weil

Simone Adolphine Weil (/veɪ/; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist and…

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Education
École Normale Supérieure (BA, MA)
Academic advisors
Alain Léon Brunschvicg
Born
Simone Adolphine Weil 3 February 1909 Paris, France
Died
24 August 1943(1943-08-24) (aged 34) Ashford, Kent, England
Era
20th-century philosophy
Main interests
Political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science

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Work and political activism

Encounters with mysticism

London period

Death

Philosophy

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Weil in film, stage, and media

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Simone Weil

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Simone Weil

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related to Sources · 222
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related to Works in English translation · 137
Simone Weil → Abolition, Albert Camus, All Political Parties, Amherst, An Anthology, An Ethic, Ancient Greeks, André, Arthur Willis, Attente, Awaiting God, Barabas, Basic Writings, Bloomsbury, Books, Bradley Jersak, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Christianity, Colonialism
related to Biographies · 85
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related to External links · 53
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related to Further reading · 35
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related to Works in French · 33
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related to Beauty · 18
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related to Gravity and Grace · 18
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related to Waiting for God · 17
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related to Death · 15
Simone Weil → After, Arthur Schopenhauer, August, Basing, Christian, However, In, Others, Pétrement, Schopenhauer, Simone Pétrement, Some, The, Weil, Weil's

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Simone WeilAcademic advisorsAlain Léon Brunschvicg1.00infobox
Simone WeilBornSimone Adolphine Weil 3 February 1909 Paris, France1.00infobox
Simone WeilDied24 August 1943(1943-08-24) (aged 34) Ashford, Kent, England1.00infobox
Simone WeilEducationÉcole Normale Supérieure (BA, MA)1.00infobox
Simone WeilEra20th-century philosophy1.00infobox
Simone WeilMain interestsPolitical philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science1.00infobox
Simone WeilNotable ideasDecreation, uprootedness, patriotism of compassion, abolition of political parties, the unjust character of affliction, metaxu1.00infobox
Simone WeilNotable worksThe Need for Roots1.00infobox
Simone WeilPolitical partyCCD (1932–1934) CVIA (1934–1936)1.00infobox
Simone WeilRegionFrench philosophy1.00infobox
Simone WeilSchoolContinental philosophy Marxism (early) Christian anarchism Christian socialism (late) Christian mysticism Modern Platonism1.00infobox
organising against the military draftinstance ofWeil attracted much attention at the Lycée Henri IV with her radical opinions and actions0.80text

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