To the Extreme in Everything
Publisher: Ten Have
Life and thoughts of Simone Weil
Frits de Lange has been an authority on Simone Weil for thirty years and has written several books on her
Weil is increasingly seen as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century
The inimitable life of Simone Weil
New light on an important thinker
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, a religious mystic and a political activist rolled into one. In this book, Frits de Lange portrays a radical woman who lived several lives at once in just 34 years.
A highly gifted intellectual who, out of solidarity, did leaden work in a factory for a year. A pacifist who came to the armed aid of her Spanish kindred spirits when civil war broke out. A Jewish refugee who joins the French resistance in London. In this tour de force, De Lange brings together all these identities and Weil’s thinking into an accessible whole.
