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Simone Weil

(1909—1943) French essayist, philosopher, and mystic

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Alain

Alain  

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(1868–1951).French philosopher, essayist, critic, teacher, and mentor of the Radical party. The brief chapters of Alain's philosophical essays, the 5,000 lapidary Propos devoted to politics, ...
Joë Bousquet

Joë Bousquet  

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(1897–1950).Permanently invalided after a 1918 war‐wound, Bousquet filled notebook upon notebook with suggestive aesthetic, poetic, mystical, and erotic meditations, and published them in such ...
Laure

Laure  

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(1903–38).Colette Peignot, known as Laure, was the cherished companion of Georges Bataille until her untimely death in her mid‐thirties. Her literary remains appeared in 1971 and 1977 as Écrits ...
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World Encyclopedia

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In the late 1930s, she had the first of several mystical experiences that drew her to the Roman Catholic Church

Weil, Simone

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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

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2005
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(1909–43).

French philosopher and mystic. One of the first female graduates of the École Normale Supérieure, she

Weil, Simone

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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2003
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(1909–43).

Religious philosopher of intense personal commitment. Born into a non-practising Jewish family, she taught in various French

Weil, Simone

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Darcie S. Fontaine

The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History

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(1909–1943), French philosopher and social and spiritual thinker. Born in 1909 to a well‐to‐do assimilated French Jewish family, Simone Weil is considered to be one of the most ... More
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David McLellan

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)

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(1909–43). A pupil of the radical individualist philosopher Alain, Simone Weil evolved a Platonic interpretation of the world with strong mystical leanings. Her ideals, which ... More
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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

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French philosopher, whose life and thought fit into no obvious categories. Born in Paris, the daughter of a doctor, she came from an agnostic intellectual Jewish background. Her ... More

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