Simone Weil (1909-1943), a profound, original and influential thinker in the twentieth century, was a political writer and activist, and a formidable philosopher. Her best-known writings appeared in English in The Need for Roots (1952), Waiting on God (1951) and Oppression and Liberty (1958). Albert Camus saw her as "the only great spirit of our times".
Nicolas Bommarito is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the author of two books, Inner Virtue (2018) and Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (2020).
