Simone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la gr\u00e2ce from the notebooks she left in his keeping. In 1952 this English translation accelerated the fame and influence of Simone Weil.<\/p>\n
The striking aphorisms in Gravity and Grace reflect the religious philosophy of Weil\u2019s last years. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her left-wing social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this masterwork makes clear why critics have called Simone Weil \u201ca great soul who might have become a saint\u201d and \u201cthe Outsider as saint, in an age of alienation.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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