{"product_id":"simone-weil-the-just-balance-paperback-9780521317436","title":"Simone Weil: \"The Just Balance\" (Paperback) 9780521317436","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSimone Weil: \"The Just Balance\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the religious, social, and political thought of Simone Weil in the context of the rigorous philosophical thinking out of which it grew.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Winch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521317436, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 March 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 14.5 x 2 cm, 0.337 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines the religious, social, and political thought of Simone Weil in the context of the rigorous philosophical thinking out of which it grew. It also explores illuminating parallels between these ideas and ideas that were simultaneously being developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Simone Weil developed a conception of the relation between human beings and nature which made it difficult for her to explain mutual understanding and justice. Her wrestling with this difficulty coincided with a considerable sharpening of her religious sensibility, and led to a new concept of the natural and social orders involving a supernatural dimension, within which the concepts of beauty and justice are paramount. Professor Winch provides a fresh perspective on the complete span of Simone Weil's work, and discusses the fundamental difficulties of tracing the dividing line between philosophy and religion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Cartesian background\u003cbr\u003e 3. The sensations of the present moment\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'La simple perception de la nature est une sorte de danse'\u003cbr\u003e 5. Language\u003cbr\u003e 6. Necessity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Equilibrium\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Completely free action'\u003cbr\u003e 9. The power to refuse\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'The void'\u003cbr\u003e 11. Geometry\u003cbr\u003e 12. Incommensurability\u003cbr\u003e 13. Beauty\u003cbr\u003e 14. Justice\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'A supernatural virtue'?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002843484440,"sku":"9780521317436","price":41.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521317436i_1b5b43cd-2fcd-4992-8555-a29eebc0a136.jpg?v=1691375132","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/simone-weil-the-just-balance-paperback-9780521317436","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}