Ros Schwartz’s translation of The Need for Roots makes Weil’s masterpiece feel as urgent today as it was in 1943.

For those struggling to cope with Trump's flurry of executive orders, Simone Weil and 'The Iliad' offer useful guidance.

His observation brought to mind the words of Simone Pétrement, biographer and friend of Simone Weil, the 20th-century French philosopher. Weil had been a Marxist in the early years of her ...

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As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer. A dazzling discovery has captivated the art world as Sir Anthony van Dyck’s Andalusian Horse—his first grand-scale depiction of a ...

Do you have to believe in God to join a religious order?” asks the narrator of Charlotte Wood’s “Stone Yard Devotional.” The question would seem to be rhetorical, since the unnamed, middle-aged ...

This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Viewing art, as with its making, involves paying attention. As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer.

The Philharmonic under Karina Canellakis didn’t make many waves with Debussy’s La Mer, despite accurate and energetic playing ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states in mid-February, a State Department official said, making his first trip to the Middle East after a widely condemned proposal ...

Making an early bid for AOTY Jules Reidy hits their stride with a unique combination of micro tuning, Auto-Tune & ecstatic ...

Frontier technologies are transforming international relations and the U.S. economy. As a result, more bridges between science and engineering labs, Washington, DC, and the world of business are ...

The aim is to promote constructive discourse against the backdrop of a polarized society which is fast leading to a global ...