Between Wittgenstein and Weil - Comparisons in Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

This volume explores the relationship between the philosophical thought of Simone Weil and Ludwig Wittgenstein. The contributions shed light on how reading Weil can inform our understanding of Wittgenstein, and vice versa.

List of contents

Introduction Jack Manzi 1. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Simone Weil, and Religious Belief Mario von der Ruhr 2. To Speak of the Divine: Weil and Wittgenstein on Religious Grammar Jacob Quick 3. Learning to Look: On Mysticism and Mysticisms Philip Wilson 4. Will the Void: Wittgenstein and Weil on the Ethics of Attention Hannah Winther 5. Struggling with the Supernatural Hugo Strandberg 6. Weil Meets Wittgenstein Palle Yourgrau 7. Writing (Out) The Self: Wittgenstein and Weil on Diaristic Writing Jack Manzi 8. Affliction: Pain and the Problems of Modernity C. M. Djordjevic 9. Wittgenstein and Weil on Manufacturing Good David Levy

About the author

Jack Manzi completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 2023, with a thesis on maieutic philosophical method in Socrates and Wittgenstein. His research specialisms are in Wittgenstein, Socrates, and the maieutic method.

Product details

• Authors: Jack (University of East Anglia Manzi
• Assisted by: Jack Manzi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032291109
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229110-9
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Philosophy of religion, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -