Editing André Weil (section)

==Beliefs==

[[Hindu philosophy|Hindu thought]] had great influence on Weil.<ref>Borel, Armand. [http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~aknapp/BorelOnWeil.pdf] (see also)[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638991/Andre-Weil]</ref> He was an agnostic,<ref>{{cite book|title=American National Biography: Supplement, Volume 1|year=2002|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-515063-6|author1=Paul Betz |author2=Mark Christopher Carnes, [[American Council of Learned Societies]]|page=676|quote=Although as a lifelong agnostic he may have been somewhat bemused by Simone Weil's preoccupations with [[Christian mysticism]], he remained a vigilant guardian of her memory,...}}</ref> and he respected religions.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the Mathematical Sciences|year=2004|publisher=Hindustan Book Agency|isbn=978-81-85931-45-6|author=I. Grattan-Guinness|editor=I. Grattan-Guinness, Bhuri Singh Yadav|page=63|quote=Like in mathematics he would go directly to the teaching of the Masters. He read [[Vivekananda]] and was deeply impressed by [[Ramakrishna]]. He had affinity for Hinduism. Andre Weil was an agnostic but respected religions. He often teased me about [[reincarnation]] in which he did not believe. He told me he would like to be reincarnated as a cat. He would often impress me by readings in [[Buddhism]].|author-link=I. Grattan-Guinness}}</ref>