Simone de Beauvoir: Existentialist Heroine

Anonymous contribution through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II opensourcebuddhism.org
This interesting piece explores the contributions to twentieth century existentialist thought of its principal feminist proponent. de Beauvoir's relationship with Sartre is well known, but less well-known is that some consider her the brighter of the pair. It is a rare story of love in the world of philosophy.

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[Joeato057]

Well done! Thanks!

[opensourcebuddhism]

you're welcome!

so sorry the woman who made it desired to remain anonymous. great job for sure.

james

[dahlia1980]

She's my hero

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

the woman has been bound to reproduce but not to create, to repeat but not to invent.  ...... The woman stops to be an object and starts to exist.

[Adastra14]

i love this woman. love.

[videoclog]

The late Czesław Miłosz described Simone de Beauvoir well: 'A stupid bitch'.

[mickd1337]

I bought a bargain, The Second Sex for 12.95. Unfortunately I will not be able to read it all before presenting about gender in my Anthropology Tutorial next week.

[professorfoxtrot]

@dahlia1980 Dick Masterson is my hero.

[Panzeux]

She refused to marry Sartre so they could take advantage on her young teen students for having sex with them.... This is pathetic.

[idontam]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[usababy949]

All in all, this video is very informative and stimulating, and a great introduction into the workings of Beauvoir,  Feminism, Existentialism, and Buddhism. However, we all must avoid generalizations and personal opinions on such matters. To say Beauvoir was the only existentialist to embrace a passionate and joyful attitude towards life is one such extreme generalization. Sartre was known to love life and regarded himself as a happy man, as well as many other existentialists in the world,

[glrcmptn]

i read from deBeauvoir's memoirs that she got the name(castor)beaver from sartre.he thought she was much quicker to understand difficult concepts than he and she was a workhorse.

[deadgoblin86]

@nickelsT ignorant cunt