Simone Weil: An AnthologyThis collection captures the essence of a remarkable woman, one of the foremost thinkers of our century. Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth centurya philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought and includes an extract from her best known work The Need for Roots, exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on the