Simone Weil as We Knew Her
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Simone Weil as We Knew Her is a biographical memoir in which Father Jean-Marie Perrin recounts the life, thought, and spiritual journey of the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil.
All labels observed (1)
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| Simone Weil as We Knew Her canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13120989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simone Weil as We Knew Her Context triple: [Jean-Marie Perrin, notableWork, Simone Weil as We Knew Her]
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The Visions of Simone Machard
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The Common Life
"The Common Life" is a reflective poem that contemplates the quiet routines, shared experiences, and understated dignity of everyday existence.
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Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir
"Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir" is Stanley Hauerwas’s autobiographical work reflecting on his life, faith, and development as a prominent Christian ethicist and theologian.
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E.
Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer is a notable German family name most prominently associated with theologian and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his relatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simone Weil as We Knew Her Target entity description: Simone Weil as We Knew Her is a biographical memoir in which Father Jean-Marie Perrin recounts the life, thought, and spiritual journey of the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil.
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A.
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays of Abraham Joshua Heschel
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays of Abraham Joshua Heschel is a collection of writings by the influential Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, edited and introduced by his daughter, scholar Susannah Heschel.
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B.
The Visions of Simone Machard
The Visions of Simone Machard is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a young French girl whose Joan of Arc-inspired visions lead her to resist Nazi occupation during World War II.
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C.
The Common Life
"The Common Life" is a reflective poem that contemplates the quiet routines, shared experiences, and understated dignity of everyday existence.
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D.
Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir
"Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir" is Stanley Hauerwas’s autobiographical work reflecting on his life, faith, and development as a prominent Christian ethicist and theologian.
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E.
Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer is a notable German family name most prominently associated with theologian and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his relatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical memoir
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book ⓘ |
| about |
Catholicism
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Christian mysticism ⓘ friendship between Jean-Marie Perrin and Simone Weil ⓘ life of Simone Weil ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious experience ⓘ spiritual journey of Simone Weil ⓘ thought of Simone Weil ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Marie Perrin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Simone Weil's intellectual development
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Simone Weil's religious conversion ⓘ Simone Weil's spiritual development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Simone Weil's mysticism
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Simone Weil's political ideas ⓘ Simone Weil's social concerns ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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spiritual memoir ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalContent | true ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers interested in Christian spirituality
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readers interested in Simone Weil ⓘ readers interested in philosophy ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Simone Weil ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Jean-Marie Perrin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays |
Simone Weil as Christian thinker
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Simone Weil as mystic ⓘ Simone Weil as philosopher ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 20th century ⓘ |
| workSubject | Simone Weil ⓘ |
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