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Quote of the day: French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir on gender - 'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman'

Simone de Beauvoir was a French philosopher, existentialist, writer, and feminist intellectual (1908–1986), best known for her groundbreaking work in feminism and existential philosophy. Quote of the ...
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How existentialism shaped—and then faded from—modern thought.

In 1938, while sitting in a cafe on the Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, Jean-Paul Sartre experienced a pivotal moment of revelation that would shape his philosophical thinking. Reflecting on the ...