内容简介
SimoneWeil,theFrenchphilosopher,politicalactivist,andreligiousmystic,waslittleknownwhenshediedyoungin1943.Fouryearslaterthephilosopher-farmerGustaveThiboncompiledLapesanteuretlagrâcefromthenotebookssheleftinhiskeeping.In1952thisEnglishtranslationacceleratedthefameandinfluenceofSimoneWeil.ThestrikingaphorismsinGravityandGracereflectthereligiousphilosophyofWeilslastyears.WrittenattheonsetofWorldWarII,whenherhealthwasdeterioratingandherleft-wingsocialactivismwasgivingwaytospiritualintrospection,thismasterworkmakesclearwhycriticshavecalledSimoneWeilagreatsoulwhomighthavebecomeasaintandtheOutsiderassaint,inanageofalienation.