Simone de Beauvoir Quotes


There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.


Citations

Beauvoir, Simone de. The Coming of Age. Translated by Patrick O'Brian, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972, p. 540.

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Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
  • Born: January 9, 1908
  • Died: April 14, 1986
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.