{"product_id":"gravity-grace-1","title":"Gravity Grace","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSimone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la grâce from the notebooks she left in his keeping. In 1952 this English translation accelerated the fame and influence of Simone Weil.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe striking aphorisms in \u003ci\u003eGravity and Grace\u003c\/i\u003e reflect the religious philosophy of Weil’s last years. Written at the onset of World War II, when her health was deteriorating and her left-wing social activism was giving way to spiritual introspection, this masterwork makes clear why critics have called Simone Weil “a great soul who might have become a saint” and “the Outsider as saint, in an age of alienation.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57339788558718,"sku":"NW9780803298002","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780803298002.jpg?v=1778676691","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/gravity-grace-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}