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The Principled Life of Philosopher Simone Weil - Curtis Institute of Music

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The radical philosopher—the central figure of upcoming Curtis Opera Theatre’s production La Passion de Simone—worked in factories, served at refugee camp, and joined the Spanish Civil War.

French philosopher Simone Weil believed deeply in the ethical power of witnessing suffering. For the writer and activist, attention was the purest form of generosity—a principle she lived with radical consistency. Weil—the central figure of the upcoming Curtis Opera Theatre and Curtis New Music Ensemble production of La Passion de Simone—served at a refugee camp, worked in factories, and even joined the Spanish Civil War. Throughout her short life, she rejected material comfort in an effort to live in solidarity with the oppressed, embodying a moral philosophy rooted in justice. La Passion…

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