Simone de Beauvoir





Simone de Beauvoir

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born
in Paris, France
January 09, 1908

died
April 14, 1986

gender
female

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influences
Descartes, Wollstonecraft, Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Kierkegaard, Heidegge...more


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"Simone de Beauvoir was a French author and philosopher. She wrote novels, monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues, essays, biographies, and an autobiography. 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."

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Average rating: 3.99 · 24,281 ratings · 1,264 reviews · 76 distinct works · Similar authors
The Second Sex
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 10,278 ratings — published 1949 — 81 editions
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,911 ratings — published 1958 — 53 editions
The Ethics of Ambiguity
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,347 ratings — published 1944 — 9 editions
The Mandarins
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 1954 — 29 editions
The Woman Destroyed
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,580 ratings — published 1967 — 38 editions
All Men are Mortal
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,285 ratings — published 1946 — 23 editions
She Came to Stay
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 1943 — 29 editions
A Very Easy Death
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 1964 — 34 editions
The Blood of Others
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 1645 — 22 editions
Le deuxième sexe I
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 370 ratings
More books by Simone de Beauvoir…
“She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself”
Simone de Beauvoir

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

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