Philosopher of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir
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A French philosopher and novelist who argued that freedom is always lived among others, and that womanhood is shaped by society rather than fixed by nature.
Key work: The Second Sex (1949)
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Womanhood is shaped by society, not fixed at birth.
Existence comes before any fixed essence.
Freedom is ambiguous, and still yours to live.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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