Simone Weil's Leçons de Philosophie are derived from a course she taught at the lycée for girls at Roanne in 1933-4. Anne Reynaud-Guérithault was a pupil in the class; her notes are not a verbatim record but are a very full and, as far as one can judge, faithful rendering, often catching the unmistakable tone of Simone Weil's voice as well as the force and the directness of her thought. The lectures form a good general introduction to philosophy, ranging widely over problems about perception, mind, language, reasoning and problems in moral and political philosophy too. Her method of presentation is a characteristic combination of abstract argument, personal experience and literary or historical reference. Peter Winch points out in his introduction to the book some of the more systematic connections in her philosophical work (and between this philosophical work and her other concerns), and makes a number of suggestive comparisons between Simone Weil and Wittgenstein. The translation is by Hugh Price from the Plon edition of 1959. Dr Price has added some notes to explain references in the text that might be unfamiliar to English speaking students beginning philosophy.
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Though it was a little awkward at first to get Weil's thoughts secondhand, the cumulative effect was impressive. I have a degree in philosophy, and I would have paid almost anything to have a lecturer like her! An illuminating insight into a great mind.
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Simone Weil, New York, Auguste Comte, Middle Ages, Creative Evolution, Marcus Aurelius, Clarendon Press, Everyman's Library, Old Testament, Oxford University Press, Sully Prudhomme, Adam Smith, Cambridge University Press, Dover Publications, Kegan Paul, William James, World War New!
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- Creative Evolution by Henri Louis Bergson on 5 pages
- RC Series Bundle: The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind (Routledge Classics) by Simone Weil in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Waiting on God: Letters and Essays (Fount Classics) by Simone Weil in Front Matter, page 124, and page 171
- RC Series Bundle: Gravity and Grace (Routledge Classics) by Simone Weil in Front Matter, page 1, and page 172
- The Greek Myths: Complete Edition by Robert Graves on page 28, and page 211
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- Simone Weil: "The Just Balance" (Modern European Philosophy) by Peter Winch on 31 pages
- Weaving The World: Simone Weil on Science, Mathematics, and Love by Vance G. Morgan on 8 pages
- Simone Weil: An Anthology by Simone Weil on 4 pages
- Three Women in Dark Times: Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil by Sylvie Courtine-Denamy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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