The Philosophical Thought of Simone Weil and Its Implications for Education

[[abstract]]Abstract The purposes of this thesis aim at exploring the educational thoughts in Simone Weil’s philosophical idea, and analyzing the core concept in Weil’s thought, attention. The purposes of this thesis are: 1.Relate the background and context of Weil’s thoughts, and investigate its originality. 2.Analyze the main aspects of Weil’s philosophical thoughts, which include the relationship between individuals, and the relationship between the individual and the society. 3.Exploring the core concept of Weil’s philosophical thoughts and its key position in her thoughts. 4.Draw out the implications of Weil’s philosophical thoughts and her educational praxis; and interpret them as some inspiration in teaching. The conclusions of the thesis include: 1.Weil’s thoughts are affected by Platoism, Marxism, and the Neo-Platoism. 2.The core concept in Weil’s thoughts, attention, connects the relation between individuals and society, and it is not only the key factor in the interaction with others, but as so in the personal introspect. 3.The concept of attention can be the essentiality, and also it ca be the idea that practice teaching art.