Simone Weil

In it important to note, Simone Weil's "theology" did not fit any traditional definition of Orthodox Christianity, but her faithfulness to the life and teachings of Jesus would shame the most literal Christian believer.

George Mitrovich: Do You Know Simone Weil? George Mitrovich 2011

Malcolm Muggeridge then said, "George, know Simone Weil."

George Mitrovich: Do You Know Simone Weil? George Mitrovich 2011

Simone Weil was born into an upper class Jewish family in Paris on February 3rd, 1909.

George Mitrovich: Do You Know Simone Weil? George Mitrovich 2011

As the philosopher and labor activist Simone Weil put it in the 1930s, "Our weakness may indeed prevent us from winning but not from comprehending the force by which we are crushed."

Lydia Fisher: From "Too Big to Fail" Banks to "Too Big to Default" Nations to What's Next? Lydia Fisher 2011

We know much of Simone Weil's life and thought, as she left a remarkable collection of articles, essays, and letters.

George Mitrovich: Do You Know Simone Weil? George Mitrovich 2011

But her death at so young an age was one more manifestation of history's cruel cycle; the imposition of its random acts upon the innocent, and in the case of Simone Weil, denying the world one of its greatest servants -- a child of God, like no other.

George Mitrovich: Do You Know Simone Weil? George Mitrovich 2011

In a long conversation after lunch Malcolm asked, "Do you know Simone Weil."

George Mitrovich: Do You Know Simone Weil? George Mitrovich 2011

As the philosopher and labor activist Simone Weil put it in the 1930s, "Our weakness may indeed prevent us from winning but not from comprehending the force by which we are crushed."

Lydia Fisher: From "Too Big to Fail" Banks to "Too Big to Default" Nations to What's Next? Lydia Fisher 2011

In the case of 9/11, the event and our shock at it have come to illustrate a particularly canny truth offered by the philosopher Simone Weil, whose own life became something of a study in affliction, albeit affliction with a purpose.

Scott Cairns: Moments That Wake Us Up 2010

In the case of 9/11, the event and our shock at it have come to illustrate a particularly canny truth offered by the philosopher Simone Weil, whose own life became something of a study in affliction, albeit affliction with a purpose.

Scott Cairns: Moments That Wake Us Up 2010