ISBN: 9780791420775 - the religious metaphysics of simone weil (suny series, simone weil studies) (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Cloth, no dj. Moderate edge wear to boards; slight fraying at corners and spine ends. Spine somewhat cocked. Pencil annotations on rfep. Else clean. Simone Weil is one of the major religious writers of the twentieth century. Hers is a unique blend of spiritual experience, social concern, and philosophical theory. She had marvelous command of the Western philosophical tradition, yet she also had profound insights into Oriental philosophies. Since its publication in France, Veto's book has been considered by most scholars as the standard work on Simone Weil. Now this important book is available in English. It is the only available reconstruction of the entire philosophy of Simone Weil. It operates out of the perspective of the spiritual concerns of her maturity, yet it never fails to return to the issues and the positions of the early texts. It carries out the reconstruction according to some major philosophical themes, but gives its due share to the French thinkers' social and political preoccupations as well. The book is erudite, yet simple, written in a clear, concise and yet often eloquent language.…

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Laminate pictorial boards. Pages have some markings in pencil to margins, but text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright with light rubbing to corners, moderate rubbing to rear lower corner, and light bumping to lower edge of rear board and to ends of spine. Binding is tight and square.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Ex-libray: no jacket as issued, abrasion to top of front panel, lower rear panel; stamps to top edge, fore edge and rear panel. Bookplate to front pastedown. Clean pages and sound binding.