ABSTRACT

This book is a collection of Simone Weil's writings, which reflect her intellectual and spiritual concerns, on Greek thought. It discusses how precursors to Christian religious ideas can be found in ancient Greek mythology, literature and philosophy.

chapter I|10 pages

God's Quest for Man 1

chapter III|6 pages

Antigone 1

chapter IV|32 pages

The 'Iliad', Poem of Might 1

chapter V|4 pages

Zeus and Prometheus 1

chapter VI|14 pages

Prometheus 1

chapter VII|15 pages

God in Plato 1

chapter VIII|17 pages

Divine Love in Creation 1

chapter IX|26 pages

The 'Symposium' of Plato 1

chapter X|19 pages

The 'Republic' 1

chapter XI|51 pages

The Pythagorean Doctrine 1

chapter XII|7 pages

A Sketch of a History of Greek Science 1