"The only great spirit of our time" Albert Camus.

Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work 'The Need for Roots', exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on  the misuse of language by those in power; and the essay 'human personality', a late, beautiful reflection on the rights and responsibilities of every individual. All are marked by the unique combination of literary eloquence and moral acuity that characterized Weil's ideas and inspired a generation of thinkers and writers both in the outside her native France.

With an introduction and notes by SIAN MILES 

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Interview with Simon Weil