西蒙韋伊（1909-1943），法國哲學家、神秘主義者與社會活動家，被許多人視為二十世紀最獨特的精神人物之一。她出身於巴黎富裕知識家庭，自幼展現驚人的哲學天賦，與同學西蒙波娃並列為二十世紀法國最具影響力的女性思想家。 然而韋伊的人生選擇，與任何安逸的知識人生截然不同。她放棄教師職位，進入工廠當工人，親身體驗工業勞動對人類靈魂的壓制。她奔赴西班牙內戰前線，她在義大利和法國的宗教場所中體驗了神秘的靈性顯現，從此走上神秘主義道路。在二戰期間，她拒絕進食超過法國佔領區配給量的食物，最終以三十四歲之齡在英國去世。 她的著作包括等待上帝、扎根、壓迫與自由，以及著名的論文以力量為題的伊利亞德。她的思想影響了解放神學、女性神學、後殖民理論與環境倫理學。法國作家加繆稱她的作品為最深刻的人類精神表達之一。 本集向大師致敬系列，帶你深入認識這位燃燒自己、照亮他人的哲學靈魂。 【英文影片簡介】 Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and social activist widely regarded as one of the most extraordinary spiritual figures of the twentieth century. Born into a privileged Parisian intellectual family, she demonstrated remarkable philosophical gifts from childhood and studied alongside Simone de Beauvoir at the Ecole Normale Superieure. Yet Weil's life choices stood in sharp contrast to any comfortable intellectual existence. She gave up her teaching position to work on factory assembly lines, directly experiencing how industrial labor suppresses the human soul. She went to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. She underwent intense mystical experiences in Assisi and at the abbey of Solesmes that set her on a path of radical spirituality. During World War II, she refused to eat more than the rations available to people in occupied France, and died at the age of thirty-four in England. Her major works include Waiting for God, The Need for Roots, Oppression and Liberty, and the celebrated essay The Iliad or the Poem of Force. Her thought has influenced liberation theology, feminist theology, post-colonial theory, and environmental ethics. Albert Camus described her writings as among the most profound expressions of the human spirit he had ever encountered. This episode of the Tribute to the Masters series invites you to discover the life of a philosopher who burned herself out in the pursuit of absolute truth. 【標籤】 西蒙韋伊, Simone Weil, 哲學家, 神秘主義, 法國哲學, 向大師致敬, 沉思者J, Thinker J, 女性哲學家, 苦行主義, 靈性追求, 二戰, 工人運動, 等待上帝, 扎根, 西班牙內戰, 加繆, 存在主義, 宗教哲學, 精神傳記