Source Grecque by Simone Weil, First Edition (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Collectible, good, stated 10th printing, lightweight board soft cover w green font, 162 pps, index, Text French. Very rare and very fragile, cover is age toned, as are interior pages due to acid paper stock used. Deckeld edge. Without writing/marks. Very rare and important publication. Priced on back cover. Part of the "La Collection Espoir" The Hope Collection inspired by Albert Camus. His intent was to create a collection of works which would provide an inventory, a way of getting out of the nihilism of the time. "This collection consists of translations of Greek and studies or fragments of studies concerning Greek thought. Two of these studies "The Iliad or the poem of the force" and "Antigone" are articles that Simone Weil published in magazines. The other texts are taken from her notebooks." A copy of one of her notebook pages in included. B0019TQX48.