{"product_id":"gravity-and-grace","title":"Gravity and Grace","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSimone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la grâce from the notebooks she left in his keeping. In 1952 this English translation accelerated the fame and influence of Simone Weil.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe striking aphorisms in \u003ci\u003eGravity and Grace\u003c\/i\u003e reflect the religious philosophy of Weil’s last years. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her left-wing social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this masterwork makes clear why critics have called Simone Weil “a great soul who might have become a saint” and “the Outsider as saint, in an age of alienation.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simone Weil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615787049340,"sku":"9780803298002","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780803298002.jpg?v=1728987909","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/gravity-and-grace","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}