Eric Weil (1904 - 1977) was a French philosopher, Jewish survivor of Nazi Prison Camp holocaust, emigrant from the Rhine. He was born in Mecklenburg Germany in 1904 and died in Nice France on 1 February 1977. His philosophy contribution is his research “The Logic of Philosophy” called “a Fresh Look At Philosophy”. His representatives are “ Hegel and the State”, “Philosophy and Reality: Recent Trial and Conferences”, “Tests on The Nature, History and Politics”.

From the Baltic sea to the Mediterranean coast, Eric Weil followed a consecutive, however, chaotic trail, unceasingly combining his reactions to historical events and energizing philosophical conviction. After reading Mein Kampf’s book, he chose to leave Germany where Hitler was to be chosen as Führer and was supported by the author. In 1933, Eric Weil collaborated with the filmmaker Fritz Lang in the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda Goebbels. Later both of them travelled to France by train.

Upon his arrival in France, Eric Weil was exiled and lived a most precarious life. However, in his early arrival in France in 1930s, the chance to participate in the seminar on Hegel’s theory from some preminent philosophers such as Raymond Aron, Alexandre Koyré and Alexandre Kojève helped him renew the reading of Hegel. In this intention in 1950, he published the book “Hegel and the State”. In which Eric Weil’s analysis shows, "without a state, if the freedom does not come, it fulfills its function if it ensures the existence of freedom for everyone." In 1938 Eric Weil got his French nationality. Therefore, in the beginning of the World War II, he enlisted in the French army. In order to fight against the Nazi invasion, he changed his name to a common French name. But, disclosed as a Jew by one of his fellow prisoners, he was almost killed. When the War ended, he returned France and was hired by the school of high studies - the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Later, he entered the CNRS and founded the journal Critique with Alexandre Koyré. He immediately began to work on his magnum opus - “The Logic of Philosophy”.

The goal of philosophy for Eric Weil was to find meaning and direction in the world. His greatest adversary was violence so the first part of “The Logic of Philosophy” was to deal with violence. The other aspect of philosophy and the alternative was reason. For him, there was an aboriginal choice between reason and violence. He also wrote a political philosophy, in which Weil wrote "Man is free to the extent, which means human freedom is in a free community."

The future of the teaching of philosophy he thought was to move indefinite singular philosophy to defined plural philosophies. Weil had been appointed professor at the University of Lille, where he taught philosophy from 1955 to 1968.

In Paris, the discussion about medieval Greek manuscripts with the philosopher Paul Julius Alexander provided a decisive drive toward Byzantine studies. After Eric Weil’s death, a Center-Eric Weil was established to publish and study all of his writings.