La vie parfaite: Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil, Etty Hillesum.(Brief article)(Book review) From: Biography | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

AND Simone Weil and Etty Hillesum La vie parfaite: Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil, Etty Hillesum. Catherine Millot. Paris: Gallimard, "L'infini," 2006. 264 pp. Euro17,50.

The differences among the three figures chosen by Catherine Millot are obvious (time, milieu, attitude toward religion). What they have in common, says the author, is a desire for renunciation, self-abnegation, even annihilation. Through her (sensual) spirituality, Madame Guyon crossed ...

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