About Simone Weil

Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Weil became increasingly religious and inclined towards mysticism as her life progressed. Though born of Jewish parents, Weil eventually adopted a mystical theology that came very close to Roman Catholicism. In the 1950s and 1960s, her work became famous in continental Europe and throughout the English-speaking world.