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1	Waiting for God more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist Philosopher, theologian, social critic, and political activist, Simone Well has become a legend of modern spiritual and political thought. Waiting for God contains her most profound thoughts on the relationship of human life to the eternal -- especially as it relates to obedience, surrender, spiritual poverty, readiness to bear suffering, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Gravity and grace more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist "Gravity and Grace" shows Weil's religious thoughts and ideas, drawn from many sources - Christian, Jewish, Indian, Greek and Hindu - and focusing on suffering and redemption. It brings the reader face to face with the profoundest levels of existence as Weil explores the relationship of the human condition to the realm of the transcendent. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist Written while Simone Weil worked at the French Headquarters in London, The Need for Roots was published posthumously in 1949. She had been commissioned by General de Gaulle, head of the Free French forces, to write a report on the duties and privileges of the French after the liberation. An intensely spiritual person, Simone Weil felt it an ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $14.26! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Simone Weil: An Anthology more books like this by Simone Weil, Sian Miles (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! new only from $8.95!
5	Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States more books like this by Simone Weil, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva add to wishlist Many Americans believe racism has all but disappeared yet people of colour lag behind whites in almost all social indicators. They are poorer, less educated and have less access to health care. If race has become largely irrelevant and racists are few and far between how can these conditions persist? This book challenges our racial common sense, ... see all copies from $5.35! new only from $22.50!
6	Simone Weil Reader more books like this by Simone Weil, George Panichas (Editor) add to wishlist a selection of writings by Simone Weil, a spiritual writer, confronting the spiritual and physical upheaval of the world she lived in. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
7	Letter to a priest more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist This letter was addressed by Simone Weil to a French priest living in New York when she was staying there in the autumn of 1942, the day before she left to join the Free French Movement in London. It contains thirty-five expressions of opinion on matters concerning Catholic faith, dogma and institutions, which, she says have occupied her inmost ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $3.93! \| first editions
8	Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks discusses how precursors to Christian religious ideas can be found in ancient Greek mythology, literature and philosophy. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $24.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Simone Weil: An Anthology more books like this by Sian Miles (Editor) add to wishlist Philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist, political activist -- Simone Weil was among the foremost thinkers of our time. Best known in this country for her theological writing, Weil wrote on a great variety of subjects ranging from classical philosophy and poetry, to modern labor, to the language of political discourse. The present anthology ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $6.84! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Need for Roots more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! first editions
11	Simone Weil more books like this by Simone Weil, Eric O Springsted (Introduction by) add to wishlist An effective entry to the thought of French philosopher, activist, and mystic, who repeatedly sought to enter into the world of workers and the poor. see all copies from $4.45! new only from $9.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	War and the Iliad more books like this by Simone Weil, Rachel Bespaloff, Mary McCarthy (Translator) add to wishlist "War and the Iliad" is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer's art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and death. Simone Weil's "The Iliad, or the Poem of Force" is one of her most celebrated works--an inspired analysis of Homer's epic that presents a ... see all copies from $4.39! new only from $5.46! \| SVS
13 view cover	Living Up to the Ads-PB more books like this by Simone Weil Davis, Simone Weildavis, Donald E Pease (Editor) add to wishlist In "Living Up to the Ads" Simone Weil Davis examines commodity culture's impact on popular notions of gender and identity during the 1920s. Arguing that the newly ascendant advertising industry introduced three new metaphors for personhood - the ad man, the female consumer, and the often female advertising model or spokesperson - Davis traces the ... see all copies from $3.70! new only from $52.33! \| first editions
14 view cover	Gravity and Grace more books like this by David Lodge, Simone Weil, Weil Simone add to wishlist On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition, this Routledge Classics edition offers the English reader the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever. see all copies from $9.84! new only from $12.45! \| SVS
15 view cover	Oppression and Liberty more books like this by Arthur F Kinney, Simone Weil, Arthur Weil add to wishlist 'Weil's particular form of independent Marxism combined with a later turn to mysticism and religion provides a provocative tradition. Clearly an important work, the book should be part of any academic collection.' -Choice see all copies from $8.96! new only from $21.95! \| first editions
16	Waiting on God more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $3.49! new only from $114.63! \| first editions
17 view cover	Formative Writings, 1929-1941 more books like this by Simone Weil, Wilhelmina Van Ness (Editor), Dorothy McFarland (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.05! new only from $130.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other: An Ethic of the Other more books like this by Simone Weil, J P Little (Translator) add to wishlist Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Visit our website for sample chapters! see all copies from $5.90! new only from $38.28! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Notebooks of Simone Weil more books like this by Simone Weil, Arthur Wills (Translator) add to wishlist Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a defining figure of the 20th century - a philosopher, Christian, resistance fighter, anarchist, feminist, Labour activist and teacher. She was described by T.S. Eliot as "a woman of genius, of a kind of genius akin to that of the saints". These are her notebooks. see all copies from $159.76! new only from $159.76! \| SVS
20	La Pesanteur Et La Grace by Simone Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $29.00! new only from $41.28! \| first editions
21	Gateway to God more books like this by Simone Weil, David Raper add to wishlist see all copies from $3.18! first editions
22	The Simone Weil Reader more books like this by George Andrew Panichas, Simone Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00!
23	The need for roots : prelude to a declaration of duties toward mankind ; translated by Arthur Wills ; with a pref. by T. S. Eliot. more books like this by Simone Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $6.97! first editions
24	Dakia, Fille D'Alger by Simone Dakia; Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $38.58! new only from $38.58!
25	Anthology by Simone Weil add to wishlist see all copies from $10.95! first editions

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