<Articles PART I : BEYOND THE SELF>The Concept of Attention in Simone Weil : Toward its Ordinariness and Creativity

Abstract

In this research, I would like to explore the experience of undergoing the limits by reading Simone Weil's thought about 'attention' and Paul Standish's book Beyond the Self. First, the concept of 'attention' that I think best describes Weil's thoughts will be discussed. Second, on the basis of Weil's 'attention', I will return to the argument about the distinction between limits and limitations in Beyond the Self. This may finally reveal the attitude of waiting that Weil presents as the consent to be nothing, which is made possible by directing out attention to the limits. This attitude can also be deeply concerned with the virtue of humility and the concept of receptiveness in Beyond the Self.