Three women in dark times

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"Three women, all philosophers, all of Jewish descent, provide a human face for a decade of crisis in this powerful and moving book. The dark years when the Nazis rose to power are here seen through the lives of Edith Stein, a disciple of Husserl and author of La science et la croix, who died in Auschwitz in 1942; Hannah Arendt, pupil of Heidegger and Jaspers and author of Eichmann in Jerusalem, who unhesitatingly responded to Hitler by making a personal commitment to Zionism; and Simone Weil, a student of Alain and author of La pesanteur et la grace.". "Following her subjects from 1933 to 1943, Sylvie Courtine-Denamy recounts how these three great philosophers of the twentieth century endeavored with profound moral commitment to address the issues confronting them."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Jewish philosophers,  Women philosophers,  Biography,  Philosophers, biography,  Women, biography,  Stein, edith, saint, 1891-1942,  Weil, simone, 1909-1943,  Arendt, hannah, 1906-1975,  Stein, edith , 1891-1942,  Arendt, hannah , 1906-1975,  Weil, simone , 1909-1943,  Women philosophers--europe--biography,  Jewish philosophers--europe--biography,  B3332.s674 c6813 2000,  181/.06 b

People: Simone Weil (1909-1943),  Edith Stein Saint (1891-1942),  Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)

Places: Europe