The Need for Roots

Name: The Need for Roots
Author: Simone Weil

by Simone Weil

France's cultural and social requirements for spiritual renewal

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Simone Weil

French philosopher, mystic, and political activist who died of self-imposed starvation at 34, refusing to eat more than the ration of occupied France. Her posthumously published writings on affliction, attention, and the need for roots are among the most intense spiritual and philosophical texts of the 20th century.

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