Book Club for November 2015 Simone Weil - something about or by her

Book Club -- November 2015 -- Read something about or by Simone Weil.
Hosted by the Center for Sacred Sciences Library
When: Thursday, November 5, 2015 Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Where: 5440 Saratoga Street, Eugene, OR 97405, USA


Description: Come ready to discuss the life and philosophy of Simone Weil.  New members welcome.  The two main selections are:

Simone Weil a Modern Pilgrim by Robert Coles
Availability: One copy in the CSS library, available at Eugene Public Library, and likely UofO.
 
Simone Weil a Life by Simone Petrement Availability: One copy in the CSS library, used copies online.













Other biographies include Simone Weil an Intellectual Biography by Gabriella Fiori  and Portrait of a Self-exiled Jew by Thomas Nevin.

Her works in our library include:  Gravity and Grace, Waiting for God, The Iliad or the Poem of Force, First and Last Notebooks, Oppression and Liberty and others.