Simone de Beauvoir, born January 09, 1908 in Paris, died April 14, 1986, is considered the most important female existentialist as well as a pioneer of feminism. As a writer, she wrote numerous novels, essays, short stories and memoirs. She was also the longtime partner of Jean-Paul Sartre. Simone de Beauvoir came from a very good household and was raised a Catholic-Christian...
Franz Kafka once said that paths are created by walking, but what exactly does that mean? Firstly, it means that we cannot tread paths as long as we stand still. Second, it means that when we walk, we leave a trail for others to follow. "Paths are made by walking." Franz Kafka Let us now turn our attention to the two...
Jean-Paul Sartre, in an anecdote about one of his students, explains the problem that comes with big decisions: How do we decide what is right? In this article, we will look at why there is no universal answer to this question and why everyone must ultimately decide for themselves. In the anecdote about Sartre's former student,...
It is usually the times when we are far from well that we realize we need to do something different. Then, when we have managed to change our situation, we have made it out of a bad situation. For this reason, it is all the more commendable when we have made it. "Everyone.
Science has already discovered so much and found answers to so many questions. However, it does not yet have an answer to the question of how we live best. Is there even a blanket answer to this question? "We have figured out everything except how to live." Jean-Paul Sartre How we should live best,...
That our society is strongly defined by performance is no big news. In itself, there is nothing bad about performing, but it is important to know the limits of one's capacities. Only those who perform sustainably can do so over the long term. What is the meritocracy? As a performance society is a form of society...
We all strive for one thing: to be happy. However, this seems difficult to achieve, almost impossible. Paradoxically, the more we want it, the harder it becomes to grasp. But why is that? Because the pursuit of happiness is a will-o'-the-wisp. "There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the way." Buddha...
We tend to seek our happiness and security outside ourselves. However, external factors cannot give us anything that we do not already have within ourselves. Only our inner light can illuminate our own world. But how do we find this refuge within ourselves? Don't look for a refuge in anyone but...
If we are too afraid of something, we may fall into a kind of rigidity. In order not to fall into this stagnation, or not to be afflicted by fear in the first place, we must simply not desire anything. But how do you manage to desire nothing? "There is no fear for someone whose...
Shadow is the absence of light, likewise there is also the good, only in relation to the evil. If nothing were beautiful, then nothing would be ugly. We must learn to understand that the good and the evil belong together and create each other first. "There must be evil in order for good to have its purity above it....
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