Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Cartesian background
- 3 The sensations of the present moment
- 4 “La simple perception de la nature est une sorte de danse”
- 5 Language
- 6 Necessity
- 7 Equilibrium
- 8 “Completely free action”
- 9 The power to refuse
- 10 “The void”
- 11 Geometry
- 12 Incommensurability
- 13 Beauty
- 14 Justice
- 15 “A supernatural virtue”?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Cartesian background
- 3 The sensations of the present moment
- 4 “La simple perception de la nature est une sorte de danse”
- 5 Language
- 6 Necessity
- 7 Equilibrium
- 8 “Completely free action”
- 9 The power to refuse
- 10 “The void”
- 11 Geometry
- 12 Incommensurability
- 13 Beauty
- 14 Justice
- 15 “A supernatural virtue”?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Simone Weil: "The Just Balance" , pp. 48 - 59Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989