The French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943); a contemporary of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre; remains in every way a thinker for our times. She was an outsider; in multiple senses; defying the usual religious categories: at once atheistic and religious; mystic and realist; sceptic and believer. She speaks therefore to the complex sensibilities of a rationalist age. Yet despite her continuing relevance; and the attention she attracts from philosophy; cultural studies; feminist studies; spirituality and beyond; Weilrsquo;s reflections can still be difficult to grasp; since they were expressed in often inscrutable and fragmentary form. Lissa McCullough here offers a reliable guide to the key concepts of Weilrsquo;s religious philosophy: good and evil; the void; gravity; grace; beauty; suffering and waiting for God. In addressing such distinctively contemporary concerns as depression; loneliness and isolation; and in writing hauntingly of Godrsquo;s voluntary lsquo;nothingnessrsquo;; Weilrsquo;s existential paradoxes continue to challenge and provoke. This is the first introductory book to show the essential coherence of her enigmatic but remarkable ideas about religion.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Great Tips. but hard to find them - Get your highlighter readyBy John D. BiggsThis is a good book for XT-1 users. However as expert tips I have to weed through a bunch of general photography knowledge material just to find camera specifics. And its not like you can just skip parts that seem familiar as all the gems are buried. This makes this book hard to use on a practical level and will require several reads and camera time.For example. there is an entire section on using JPG+RAW presenting arguments for the case. Most of this applies to any photography. but buried in there is specifically what the camera does better for internal JPG than post processing allows.Over all. the gems of Fuji specific data are worth the purchase. just expect that you would have to work for them. Save your self a lot of time on the second read. highlight the good stuff as you go. The Author would help us all if there were a couple of pages in an appendix which just pointed out the gems and cross referenced some page numbers for more info.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. No logical construction of ideasBy SBarlowI concur what many of the other reviewers have said that this book desperately needed an editor. Im sure the information contained in it is correct. but the lack of a table of contents seems to be a symptom of the whole in that there is no logical order of the information presented...no systematic working through the camera from front to back as it were. just a random train of thought. I stopped reading and just went and scheduled an in-person tutorial instead. Too bad. I was really hoping for an equivalent to the For Dummies books Canon did which were enormously helpful. Maybe Fuji needs to consider producing one themselves instead of just a manual.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great read for beginners and pros alike!By Vinayak SuleyIm an experienced photographer and can be hard to please when it comes to technical help. I took a chance on this book and Im very happy that I did. I helped me get a better sense of how to handle my camera in a very proficient manner. great read!
