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9780241472903: The power of words
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0241472903 ISBN 13 : 9780241472903
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2020

Synopsis

'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'

The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipulation of language by the powerful, the obligations of individuals to one another and the needs - for order, equality, liberty and truth - that make us human.

One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

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À propos de l'auteur

Simone Weil (1909-43) was a French philosopher and mystic. Most of her works, published posthumously, consist of some notebooks and a collection of religious essays. They include, in English, Waiting for God (1951), Gravity and Grace (1952), The Need for Roots (1952), Notebooks (2 vol., 1956), Oppression and Liberty (1958), and Selected Essays, 1934-1943 (1962).

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0241472903
ISBN 13 
9780241472903
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
The Random House Group Limited
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