Simone Weil's The Iliad or the Poem of Force: A Critical Edition

by Simone Weil

Simone Weil, a brilliant young teacher, philosopher, and social activist, wrote the essay, The 'Iliad' or the Poem of Force at France at the beginning of World War II. Her profound meditation on the nature of violence provides a remarkably vivid and accessible testament of the Greek epic's continuing relevance to our lives. This celebrated work appears here for the first time in a bilingual version, based on the text of the authoritative edition of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820463612
• ISBN13: 9780820463612
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"