Gravity and Grace

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Gravity and Grace is a posthumously published collection of Simone Weil’s philosophical and spiritual reflections that explores suffering, attention, and the possibility of divine grace in human life.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
spiritual reflections collection
author Simone Weil NERFINISHED
basedOn Simone Weil's notebooks NERFINISHED
compiler Gustave Thibon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
editor Gustave Thibon NERFINISHED
EnglishTitle Gravity and Grace NERFINISHED
genre Christian mysticism
philosophy
religious essays
hasEnglishTranslation Yes
hasPart section on attention
section on detachment
section on evil
section on grace
section on gravity
section on love
influencedBy Catholic mysticism
Christian theology
Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED
Greek philosophy
Plato
mainSubject affliction
attention
attention as prayer
creation
detachment
divine grace
evil
freedom
love of God
necessity
suffering
notableIdea affliction as a means to God
attention as the purest form of generosity
decreation
distance of God as expression of love
notableQuote Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer.
originalLanguage French
philosophicalTradition Christian Platonism NERFINISHED
mystical theology
publicationDate 1947
publicationStatus posthumous
publisher Plon NERFINISHED
religiousPerspective Christian NERFINISHED
mystical
titleInOriginalLanguage La Pesanteur et la grâce NERFINISHED

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Simone Weil notableWork Gravity and Grace