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Simone de Beauvoir quotes on freedom

7 verified English passages where Simone de Beauvoir’ s thought meets questions of freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir on freedom

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) approaches freedom within existentialism and feminism. One is not born, but becomes, a woman—gender as historical situation, not fixed essence. Woman has been cast as man’s Other; liberation requires economic and existential autonomy. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets freedom most directly—useful for searches such as “simone de beauvoir quotes on freedom.”

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  1. One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
  2. To will oneself free is also to will others free.
  3. The freedom of others… conditions my freedom.
  4. The body is not a thing, it is a situation.
  5. All oppression creates a state of war.
  6. There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
  7. To exist is to make oneself a lack of being; it is to cast oneself into the world.