Rush Rhees (1905-1989) taught at the University of Wales, Swansea, for twenty-six years and became Honorary Professor after his retirement. He is the author of Without Answers; Discussions of Wittgenstein; On Religion and Philosophy; Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse; and Moral Questions. D. Z. Phillips is Rush Rhees Research Professor at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Danforth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, California. Mario von der Ruhr is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea.

"…Rhees's book is a 'gold mine' in Weil studies." — The Journal of Religion"In the field of Weil studies this book is a 'gold mine.'" — Richard H. Bell, author of Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion"Weil was a highly original thinker and Discussions of Simone Weil helps bring out that originality. Rhees also makes a contribution to the philosophy of religion, for here we get to see how a genuine Wittgensteinian approach might work in tackling religious questions." — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature, and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil

• Editor's Preface Part OneSocial Philosophy Chapter OneMethod and Liberty Chapter Two"The Organization of Society" Chapter ThreeLiberty and Understanding Chapter FourThe Need for Roots Part TwoScience and Necessity Chapter FiveThe World and Necessity Chapter SixThought, Necessity, and Contemplation Chapter SevenScience and Obedience Chapter EightScience or Religious Meditation? Part ThreeReflections on Ethics and Religion Chapter NineLove Chapter TenFriendship and Purity of Soul Chapter ElevenThe Temporal and the Eternal Chapter TwelveGrace and the Beauty of the World Chapter ThirteenEvil, Death, and Suffering Chapter FourteenNotes on the Old and New Testaments Simone WeilBiographical and Bibliographical Sketch Simone WeilPublications Index

Rush Rhees (1905-1989) taught at the University of Wales, Swansea, for twenty-six years and became Honorary Professor after his retirement. He is the author of Without Answers; Discussions of Wittgenstein; On Religion and Philosophy; Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse; and Moral Questions. D. Z. Phillips is Rush Rhees Research Professor at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Danforth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, California. Mario von der Ruhr is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea.

"…Rhees's book is a 'gold mine' in Weil studies." — The Journal of Religion"In the field of Weil studies this book is a 'gold mine.'" — Richard H. Bell, author of Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion"Weil was a highly original thinker and Discussions of Simone Weil helps bring out that originality. Rhees also makes a contribution to the philosophy of religion, for here we get to see how a genuine Wittgensteinian approach might work in tackling religious questions." — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature, and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil

• Editor's Preface Part OneSocial Philosophy Chapter OneMethod and Liberty Chapter Two"The Organization of Society" Chapter ThreeLiberty and Understanding Chapter FourThe Need for Roots Part TwoScience and Necessity Chapter FiveThe World and Necessity Chapter SixThought, Necessity, and Contemplation Chapter SevenScience and Obedience Chapter EightScience or Religious Meditation? Part ThreeReflections on Ethics and Religion Chapter NineLove Chapter TenFriendship and Purity of Soul Chapter ElevenThe Temporal and the Eternal Chapter TwelveGrace and the Beauty of the World Chapter ThirteenEvil, Death, and Suffering Chapter FourteenNotes on the Old and New Testaments Simone WeilBiographical and Bibliographical Sketch Simone WeilPublications Index

Rush Rhees (1905-1989) taught at the University of Wales, Swansea, for twenty-six years and became Honorary Professor after his retirement. He is the author of Without Answers; Discussions of Wittgenstein; On Religion and Philosophy; Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse; and Moral Questions. D. Z. Phillips is Rush Rhees Research Professor at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Danforth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, California. Mario von der Ruhr is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea.

"…Rhees's book is a 'gold mine' in Weil studies." — The Journal of Religion"In the field of Weil studies this book is a 'gold mine.'" — Richard H. Bell, author of Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion"Weil was a highly original thinker and Discussions of Simone Weil helps bring out that originality. Rhees also makes a contribution to the philosophy of religion, for here we get to see how a genuine Wittgensteinian approach might work in tackling religious questions." — Eric O. Springsted, coauthor of Spirit, Nature, and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil

• Editor's Preface Part OneSocial Philosophy Chapter OneMethod and Liberty Chapter Two"The Organization of Society" Chapter ThreeLiberty and Understanding Chapter FourThe Need for Roots Part TwoScience and Necessity Chapter FiveThe World and Necessity Chapter SixThought, Necessity, and Contemplation Chapter SevenScience and Obedience Chapter EightScience or Religious Meditation? Part ThreeReflections on Ethics and Religion Chapter NineLove Chapter TenFriendship and Purity of Soul Chapter ElevenThe Temporal and the Eternal Chapter TwelveGrace and the Beauty of the World Chapter ThirteenEvil, Death, and Suffering Chapter FourteenNotes on the Old and New Testaments Simone WeilBiographical and Bibliographical Sketch Simone WeilPublications Index