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simone weil Biography: Simone Weil

1909:	Born in Paris, February 3rd.
	Educated at the Lycee Henri IV Ecole Normale Superieure.
1933-1934:	Taught philosophy at Le Puy in a girls school at Roanne.
1936:	Joined Republican forces in Spanish Civil War.
1938:	Had first mystical experience.
1942:	Left France and joined Free French Forces (FFF) in London.
	While there was commissioned by General de Gaulle (head of FFF) to write report on duties/privileges of French in a France at Peace.
	Wrote study of Need for Security (The Need for Roots).
	Family escaped to U. S. A.
1943:	Died of tuberculosis August 24th at a sanatorium in Ashford, VA.
1948:	Gravity & Grace published (trans. 1952).
1949:	The Need for Roots published (trans. 1952).
1950:	Waiting for God published (trans. 1951).
1951-56:	Three volumes of Cashiers.
1953:	Oppression & Liberty (trans. 1958).
1956:	Notebooks--two volumes.
1957:	Essays on Politics published.

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