Sublime

Simone de Beauvoir. Outre son travail dans le champ du féminisme et de la fiction, dans ses écrits philosophiques elle explora comment les deux forces de la contrainte et de la liberté jouent au fil de nos vies, alors que chacun de nous devient lentement soi-même.

If woman discovers herself as the inessential and never turns into the essential, it is because she does not bring about this transformation herself.

French existentialist philosopher and fellow multipotentialite Simone de Beauvoir argued that freedom isn't just the absence of constraints; it's the act of consciously defining oneself.

This freedom comes with ethical responsibilities — to make choices that align with one's core values and consider their impact on the world.

Beauvoir paraissait plus sensible que Sartre à ces interzones subtiles de la vie humaine. Le Deuxième Sexe traite presque exclusivement du territoire complexe où le libre choix, la biologie et les facteurs sociaux et culturels se rencontrent et se mêlent pour créer un être humain qui, au fil de sa vie, s’accroche peu à peu à ses habitudes.

For Beauvoir, the greatest inhibition for women comes from their acquired tendency to see themselves as ‘other’ rather than as a transcendent subject.

Quelle qu’ait été sa source d’inspiration, le livre de Beauvoir surpasse celui de Sartre par son sens subtil de l’équilibre entre liberté et contrainte dans la vie d’une personne. Elle a montré comment les choix, les influences et les habitudes peuvent s’accumuler au fil d’une vie pour créer un carcan dont il devient difficile de se défaire. Sartre

Simone de Beauvoir too wrote fiction, broadcasts, diaries, essays and philosophical treatises — all united by a philosophy that was often close to Sartre’s, though she had developed much of it separately and her emphasis differed.

Simone’s rebellion started in childhood, became more intense in her teens, and still seemed to be going in adulthood. Her lifelong dedication to work, her love of travelling, her decision not to have children, and her unconventional choice of partner all spoke of total dedication to freedom. She presented her life in those terms in the first volume