Simone Weil
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Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist known for her profound reflections on justice, suffering, and spirituality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simone Weil canonical | 26 |
| Simone Adolphine Weil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T941128 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simone Weil Context triple: [Lycée Louis-le-Grand, hasAlumnus, Simone Weil]
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A.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a prominent 20th-century Jewish theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist known for his influential works on Jewish thought and social justice.
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B.
Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain was a prominent 20th-century French Catholic philosopher known for his work in neo-Thomism, political philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights.
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C.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident whose writings and martyrdom profoundly shaped modern Christian ethics and resistance theology.
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D.
Martin Buber
Martin Buber was a Jewish philosopher and theologian best known for his existentialist dialogical philosophy, especially articulated in his seminal work "I and Thou."
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E.
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, known for her radical commitment to social justice, pacifism, and hospitality to the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simone Weil Target entity description: Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist known for her profound reflections on justice, suffering, and spirituality.
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A.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a prominent 20th-century Jewish theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist known for his influential works on Jewish thought and social justice.
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B.
Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain was a prominent 20th-century French Catholic philosopher known for his work in neo-Thomism, political philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights.
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C.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident whose writings and martyrdom profoundly shaped modern Christian ethics and resistance theology.
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D.
Martin Buber
Martin Buber was a Jewish philosopher and theologian best known for his existentialist dialogical philosophy, especially articulated in his seminal work "I and Thou."
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E.
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, known for her radical commitment to social justice, pacifism, and hospitality to the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ mystic ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political activist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ashford, Kent, England ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
self-starvation
ⓘ
tuberculosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-02-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-08-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lycée Henri-IV
ⓘ
École Normale Supérieure ⓘ
linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
|
| ethnicGroup | French Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Weil ⓘ |
| father | Bernard Weil ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ religious thought ⓘ |
| fullName |
Simone Adolphine Weil
ⓘ
linked to:
Simone Weil
|
| genre |
philosophical essay
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political essay ⓘ religious essay ⓘ |
| givenName | Simone ⓘ |
| influenced |
Albert Camus
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Gustavo Gutiérrez ⓘ Iris Murdoch ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian Gospels
ⓘ
linked to:
Gospels
Greek philosophy ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
attention (philosophical concept)
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justice ⓘ spirituality ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| mother | Selma Reinherz Weil ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian mysticism
ⓘ
French philosophy ⓘ personalism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
affliction (malheur)
ⓘ
attention as a form of prayer ⓘ decreation ⓘ rootedness (enracinement) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gravity and Grace
ⓘ
Oppression and Liberty ⓘ The Need for Roots ⓘ Waiting for God ⓘ |
| occupation |
mystic
ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ political activist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| placeOfDeath | Ashford, Kent, England ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
pacifism (qualified)
ⓘ
socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
factory worker (Renault, briefly)
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secondary school teacher ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism (affinity) ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
Marseille, France ⓘ
linked to:
Marseille
Paris, France ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| sibling | André Weil ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Free French movement in London
ⓘ
linked to:
French Resistance
|
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Referenced by (27)
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