In today’s article we are going to explore this illustrious life and the philosophy that underpinned it why Albert Camus described her as “the only great spirit of our times” T.S. From working in factories to serving in wars, from academic studies to religious experiences, Simone Weil lived a life in her 34 years that encompassed the breadth of an era. For an introverted gentle soul she lived a life more vital and full than that of the most jaded rockstar. Weil could not help but live her philosophy. This third category is the one that Simone Weil belongs in.īefore dying at the age of 34 Weil lived a life that shares with Socrates and Cato an eccentric and almost asinine integrity. Socrates is one of these as is Cato the Younger. This is the type whose philosophy is embodied more in their living than in their writing. But as well as these two mainstays there’s another type that we’ve explored in other articles on The Living Philosophy. There’s the theoretical masterminds like Aristotle, Kant and Hegel and there’s the unsystematic lightning rods like Nietzsche, Plato and Wittgenstein. The Philosopher is a category that encapsulates a number of different types.
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