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About Simone de Beauvoir
French writer, social theorist, and feminist activist
Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. She is closely associated with existentialism and with the development of feminist thought. Although she did not describe herself as a philosopher, her work had a major influence on feminist existentialism and feminist theory. Her writings are often read in the context of those ideas, rather than as part of a formal philosophical career.
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- “We have to respect freedom only when it is intended for freedom, not when it strays, flees itself, and resign…”Simone de Beauvoir
- “If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.”Simone de Beauvoir
- “One is not born a woman, but becomes one.”Simone de Beauvoir
- “It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death…”Simone de Beauvoir
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- “To each his own, I supposed, and I had more important things, like my impending death, to worry about.”Sage Kafsky
- “My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be…”Ali MacGraw
- “It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.”Robert Kurson
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Books by Simone de Beauvoir
Le Deuxième Sexe
1968
Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée
2005
Yikilmis Kabin
2013
Las inseparables
2021
L'invitée
1999