Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Sa
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Table of contents :
Translators' Biographies
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1 Simone Weil: An Inhabited Philosophy
Chapter 2 The Genesis and Purport of Venice Saved
Chapter 3 Weil and the Tragic
Chapter 4 On the Translation
Venice Saved: Tragedy in Three Acts by Simone Weil
Translators' Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
Index