Christian Platonism of Simone Weil

by Eric O. Springsted

Book Overview

In this book a group of renowned international scholars seek to discern the ways in which Simone Weil was indebted to Plato, and how her provocative readings of his work offer challenges to contemporary philosophy, theology, and spirituality. This is the first book in twenty years to systematically investigate Weil's Christian Platonism.

The opening essays explore what actually constitutes Weil's Platonism. Louis Dupr addresses the Platonic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268025657
• ISBN13: 9780268025656
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"