Editing Simone Weil (section)

{{Short description|French philosopher (1909–1943)}}
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{{Infobox academic
| image = Simone Weil 1943.jpg
| caption = Weil in 1943
| birth_name = Simone Adolphine Weil
| birth_date = 3 February 1909
| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1943|8|24|1909|2|3}}
| death_place = [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], [[Kent]], England, [[United Kingdom]]
| education = [[École Normale Supérieure]]<br><small>([[B.A.]], [[M.A.]])</small>
| signature = Simone Weil signature2.svg
}}
'''Simone Adolphine Weil''' ({{IPAc-en|v|eɪ}} {{respell|VAY}};<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Weil}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|simɔn adɔlfin vɛj|lang}}; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French [[philosopher]], [[Mysticism|mystic]] and [[political activist]]. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning [[Religious philosophy|religion]], [[Spiritual philosophy|spirituality]], and [[Political philosophy|politics]] have remained widely influential in [[contemporary philosophy]].

She was born in Paris to an [[History of the Jews in Alsace|Alsatian Jewish]] family. Her elder brother, [[André Weil|André]], would later become a renowned mathematician. After her graduation from formal education, Weil became a teacher. She taught intermittently throughout the 1930s, taking several breaks because of poor health and in order to devote herself to [[political activism]]. She assisted in the [[trade union]] movement, taking the side of the [[Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War|anarchists]] known as the [[Durruti Column]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. During a twelve-month period she worked as a labourer, mostly in car factories, so that she could better understand the [[working class]].

Weil became increasingly religious and inclined towards mysticism as her life progressed. She wrote throughout her life, although most of her writings did not attract much attention until after her death. In the 1950s and '60s, her work became famous in [[continental Europe]] and throughout the [[English-speaking world]]. Her philosophy and [[Theology|theological]] thought has continued to be the subject of extensive scholarship across a wide range of fields, covering politics, society, [[Feminist philosophy|feminism]], [[Philosophy of science|science]], [[Philosophy of education|education]], and [[classics]].