English summary: Attention is the basis of perception, reflection, communication and whatsoever other forms of human action. To be able to get in touch with one's own attention seems to almost be a form of freedom. And yet the control over this "only power that is ours" (Simone Weil) has its limits because the point of attention is always accompanied by an experience of self-withdrawal. Nina Heinsohn interprets the work of Simone Weil (1909-1943)...