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1. 1. Simone Weil

   

   A concise intellectual biography of a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist, it follows her from privileged upbringing through factory labor, the Spanish Civil War, and wartime exile to an early death, showing how a life of radical self-denial shaped an ethics of attention, affliction, and compassion. The book clarifies key ideas such as decreation and the critique of force, situates them in their political and theological contexts, and confronts the controversies surrounding her views on Judaism and Christianity, balancing sympathetic portraiture with critical assessment of her legacy.

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