# Simone Weil: An Anthology

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- Authors: [Simone Weil](https://www.bookquiver.com/simone-weil)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2005-11-03

## Description

Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work 'The Need for Roots', exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on the misuse of language by those in power; and the essay 'Human Personality', a late, beautiful reflection on the rights and responsibilities of every individual. All are marked by the unique combination of literary eloquence and moral perspicacity that characterised Weil's ideas and inspired a generation of thinkers and writers both in and outside her native France.

## Editions

### Simone Weil: An Anthology

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-819-5
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2005-11-03
- Language: en_GB