The Need For Roots: Prelude To A Declaration Of Duties Towards Mankind

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London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1952. First edition, second impression. Hardcover. 288pp. First English translation by A. F. Willis, first French edition published in 1949 as L'Enracinement. Preface by T. S. Eliot. Original pale blue cloth with marron title block to spine, decorative burgundy jacket with some wear, a few tears to corners and edges, 4cm loss to the bottom left, previous owners address in pen to front end-paper, small bookseller sticker of Charles Wilson, Liverpool to pastedown, foxing to text block but internally clean. Jacket in protective cover. A very good copy. 'The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest' The Need For Roots is Simone Weil's radical spiritual, political and poetic vision, diagnosing the causes of societal disillusion afflicting the 20th century. In 1943, the final year of her life, Weil worked in London for the Free French government in exile. There she was commissioned to outline a 'plan for the renewal of Europe' after the devastation of Nazism, this book was the result. 'Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science. And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one could easily find, in certain parts at least of contemporary mathematics. symbols as clear, as beautiful, and as full of spiritual meaning as that of the circle and mediation. From modern thought to ancient wisdom the path would be short and direct, if one cared to take it.'. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1737471785039

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