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“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.”

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Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Che Guevara, 1960.

Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Che Guevara, 1960.

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

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The french philosopher Simone de Beauvoir would be 104 years old today. She was was a french existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theorist and social theorist. She did not consider herself a philosopher but her significant contributions to existentialism and feminist existentialism have solidified her legacy as a philosopher and feminist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women’s oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism… (more)

The french philosopher Simone de Beauvoir would be 104 years old today.

She was was a french existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theorist and social theorist. She did not consider herself a philosopher but her significant contributions to existentialism and feminist existentialism have solidified her legacy as a philosopher and feminist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women’s oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism… (more)

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Above: Jacques Lacan, Cecile Eluard, Pierre Reverdy, Louis Leiris, Pablo Picasso, Fanie de Campan, Valentine Hugo, Simone de Beauvoir and Brassai. Below: Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Michel Leiris and Jean Abier.

Above: Jacques Lacan, Cecile Eluard, Pierre Reverdy, Louis Leiris, Pablo Picasso, Fanie de Campan, Valentine Hugo, Simone de Beauvoir and Brassai.
Below: Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Michel Leiris and Jean Abier.

“‎To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.”

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The french existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, best known for her metaphysical novels and her analysis of women’s oppression, passed away 25 years ago.

The french existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, best known for her metaphysical novels and her analysis of women’s oppression, passed away 25 years ago.

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