Gravity and Grace (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Simone Weil
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Notebooks
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Diary, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Suffering, Philosophy or philosophers, Sin or Original sin, Religion, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Reality, Christianity, Good and evil, Ethics, Human behavior, Meditation, Theology
Form and Content
Gravity and Grace was the first of Simone Weil’s books to be published in English. Early in 1942, shortly before sailing from France to New York, Weil presented Gustave Thibon with a portfolio of papers, asking him to read them and take care of them during her exile. The portfolio contained a dozen thick exercise books in which Weil daily had recorded her thoughts. These entries were interspersed with quotations in many languages and with strictly personal notes. After Weil’s death in 1943, Thibon, as her literary executor, selected representative...
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