Gravity and GracePsychology Press, 2002 - 183 pagina's Gravity and Grace was the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker and activist, Simone Weil. In it Gustave Thibon, the farmer to whom she had entrusted her notebooks before her untimely death, compiled in one remarkable volume a compendium of her writings that have become a source of spiritual guidance and wisdom for countless individuals. On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition - by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1952 - this Routledge Classics edition offers English readers the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever, by incorporating a specially commissioned translation of the controversial chapter on Israel. Also previously untranslated is Gustave Thibon's postscript of 1990, which reminds us how privileged we are to be able to read a work which offers each reader such 'light for the spirit and nourishment for the soul'. This is a book that no one with a serious interest in the spiritual life can afford to be without. |
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Gravity and Grace | 1 |
Violence | 3 |
Imagination Which Fills the Void | 16 |
The Cross | 27 |
Decreation | 32 |
Illusions | 51 |
Evil | 69 |
Balance and Lever | 92 |
Training | 120 |
Intelligence and Grace | 128 |
Readings | 134 |
Meaning of the Universe | 140 |
Beauty | 148 |
The Social Imprint | 155 |
Social Harmony | 170 |
The Mysticism of Work | 178 |
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