Simone Weil: A Sense of Vocation
My alma mater invited me back for a long weekend of conversation this summer on the topic of philosophy and vocation. After receiving a $2 million grant from the Lilly Foundation, Luther College has been exploring a sense of vocation. My old academic advisor and now professor emeritus Kent Simmonds will be leading the discussions. In preparation for this trip, I went through various bookcases and selected books I’d like to re-read before the weekend in July. I started first with Simone Weil.
Simone Weil has interested me since I first discovered her my freshman year of college. Most of her work was published posthumously, as she died at the age of 34. I highly recommend Waiting For God and The Need For Roots.
On the topic specifically of Weil and vocation, I found an essay online by John Marson Dunaway available here.
We will also be seeing a performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw at the Commonweal Theatre.
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