Browsing by Subject "Simone Weil"
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Effing the Ineffable: The Mysticism of Simone Weil and Ludwig Wittgenstein
(2015)Both Simone Weil and Ludwig Wittgenstein hold mysticism—i.e., the belief in something utterly transcendent—centrally. The mysticism present in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico- Philosophicus presents a problem: if “the ... -
Secular Decreation: Acts of Undoing in Priscilla Becker's Internal West
(2016-08-31)In the collected journal entry excerpts gathered in Gravity and Grace (1952), twentieth-century French philosopher and Christian mystic Simone Weil introduces her concept of “decreation.” Here, “decreation” refers to an ...