Filmographie simone de beauvoir biography video

          This is a short biography of Simone de Beauvoir that was presented during the first session of the Beauvoir inar Series organized by The.!

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          00:30It is often said that behind every great man is a great woman.

          00:34With Jean-Paul Sartre and Simon de Beauvoir, however,

          00:37it was one of the few happy times when the great woman

          00:41did not languish in her famous partner's shadow,

          00:44but was equally lauded in her own right.

          00:47Indeed, their relationship began in 1929,

          00:50when de Beauvoir gave a presentation

          00:52on the 17th century German philosopher Leibniz,

          00:55impressing Sartre,

          00:57who pursued the 21-year-old philosopher and author.

          01:00While not monogamous,

          01:02the two were lifelong companions from then on.

          01:05Together, they were at the forefront

          01:07of the existentialist movement,

          01:09with Sartre penning such notable works

          01:11as Being and Nothingness in 1943,

          01:14de Beauvoir following four years later

          01:16with The Ethics of Ambiguity,

          01:18which is often regarded as the most accessible introduction

          01:22to the philosophy of French existentialism.

          01:25Together, de Be