Eric O Springsted
Biographic Data
| ID | 1694956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric O Springsted |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | O Springsted |
| SIGNATURE | SPRINGSTED E O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois College |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-3732-4291 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Between nature and mind
Simone Weil's concept of the metaxu , taken from Plato's Philebus , is a well‐recognised and central feature of her thinking. However, it has not been sufficiently examined, especially as it is part of Weil's larger philosophical project. This essay seeks to provide new perspective on the concept by using Charles Taylor's concept of ‘interspace’ as a way of focussing it. Like Taylor, Weil wants to talk about an ‘interspace’ where concepts are par…
Beyond the Personal
Jacques Maritain and Simone Weil never met, and only once exchanged letters. Maritain never cites Weil; she, on the other hand, cites him explicitly in at least three places, but disparagingly. Despite their limited contact, which may have left Weil slightly vindictive, Maritain nevertheless played a significant role for Weil. However, it was one in which he chiefly inspired her to rise to a new level of thought by her conscious attempt to contra…
Conditions of Dialogue
The Religious Basis of Culture
When T. S. Eliot wrote his preface to Simone Weil's The Need for Roots in 1952 his own fame helped launch the book to a prominent place in the Englishspeaking world. The preface despite its warm admiration for Simone Weil, however, says little about the content of the book. What it does do is praise Weil as a balanced thinker who is ‘more truly a lover of order and hierarchy than most of those who call themselves conservative, and more truly a lo…
Theology and the Liberal Arts
The Return of Cosmology
The Works of Simone Weil
Seventy letters
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Seventy letters
The Works of Simone Weil
The Return of Cosmology
Theology and the Liberal Arts
The Religious Basis of Culture
When T. S. Eliot wrote his preface to Simone Weil's The Need for Roots in 1952 his own fame helped launch the book to a prominent place in the Englishspeaking world. The preface despite its warm admiration for Simone Weil, however, says little about the content of the book. What it does do is praise Weil as a balanced thinker who is ‘more truly a lover of order and hierarchy than most of those who call themselves conservative, and more truly a lo…
Conditions of Dialogue
Beyond the Personal
Jacques Maritain and Simone Weil never met, and only once exchanged letters. Maritain never cites Weil; she, on the other hand, cites him explicitly in at least three places, but disparagingly. Despite their limited contact, which may have left Weil slightly vindictive, Maritain nevertheless played a significant role for Weil. However, it was one in which he chiefly inspired her to rise to a new level of thought by her conscious attempt to contra…
Between nature and mind
Simone Weil's concept of the metaxu , taken from Plato's Philebus , is a well‐recognised and central feature of her thinking. However, it has not been sufficiently examined, especially as it is part of Weil's larger philosophical project. This essay seeks to provide new perspective on the concept by using Charles Taylor's concept of ‘interspace’ as a way of focussing it. Like Taylor, Weil wants to talk about an ‘interspace’ where concepts are par…
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