Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth9 January 1908
CountryFrance
surrender cloaks
all success cloaks a surrender
destiny giving importance
One can not start by saying our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends on us to give it importance.
men long philosopher
As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as there have been philosophers and they have thought, most of them have tried to mask it.
unique convince oneself
To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it's hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
existential existence fulfilled
No existence can be validly fulfilled if it is limited to itself.
atheist thinking world
It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator loaded with all the contradictions of the world.
strong-women empowerment age
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
art evil integrating
Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
inspiring men views
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.
sex broken magic
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
life inspire dying
Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
truth guilt rewards
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
philosophy men world
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.
adventure two risk
Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence through one another, will always live an adventure full of risk and promise." (p. 248)