Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Abbreviations and Translations Used ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Vulnerability of Precious Things: “La Personne et le sacré” 17
7. 2. Uncommon Measure: “L’Iliade ou le poème de la force” 40
8. 3. Stillness and the Bond of Love: Venise sauvée 65
9. 4. Unfinished Obligation: Venise sauvée and La Folie du jour 87
10. 5. The Extravagant Demand of Asking Nothing: Destitution and Generosity in “Autobiographie spirituelle” and La Connaissance surnaturelle 103
11. 6. Empty Petitions: The Last Letters of Simone Weil 136
12. Acknowledgments 151
13. Notes 153
14. Index 189