Christian Platonism of Simone Weil by E. Jane Doering, Eric O... - 9780268025656

Christian Platonism of Simone WeilAuthor(s): E. Jane Doering, Eric O. Springsted\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268025656, 978-0268025656\nSynopsis\nIn this book a group of renowned international scholars seek to discern the ways in which Simone Weil was indebted to Plato, and how her provocative readings of his work offer challenges to contemporary philosophy, theology, and spirituality. This is the first book in twenty years to systematically investigate Weil's Christian Platonism.\n\n The opening essays explore what actually constitutes Weil's Platonism. Louis Dupr addresses the Platonic and Gnostic elements of her thought with respect to her negative theology, and the Christian Platonism of her positive theology as found in her reflections on beauty and the Good. Michel Narcy provides a close historical reading of Weil and discusses the degree to which her teacher Alain influenced.