[lit-ideas] "Le Pesanteur et la Grâce" (Was: "Le Pensateur et la Grâce")
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:44:20 EDT
P. Junger quotes my:
>I wouldn't get too involved with the details of
>Simone Weil's analysis of 'gravity', which in
>any case is only a mistranslation of 'pensateur',
>thinker, a reference to the famous sculpture by
>French author, Pierre Rodin.
and writes:
>There are several casts of the Thinker, which was
>sculpted by Rodin I. One cast was exploded
>here in Cleveland:
>The Thinker
>Foreign title: Le Penseur
>Rodin (French, 1840 - 1917).
Thanks for the reference.
Incidentally, I notice I was wrong in quoting the title of Weil's book as
"pensateur". It's "pesanteur" -- an altogether different (French) word -- alas.
Cheers,
JL
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