Simone de Beauvoir quote about men from The Second Sex - The representation of the world as the world itself is the work of men; they describe it from a point of view that is their own and that they confound with the absolute truth.
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“ The representation of the world as the world itself is the work of men; they describe it from a point of view that is their own and that they confound with the absolute truth. ”
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic men truth view
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“La représentation du monde comme le monde lui-même est l'opération des hommes ; ils le décrivent du point de vue qui est le leur et qu'ils confondent avec la vérité absolue.” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about men from The Second Sex - The representation of the world as the world itself is the work of men; they describe it from a point of view that is their own and that they confound with the absolute truth.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about men from The Second Sex - The representation of the world as the world itself is the work of men; they describe it from a point of view that is their own and that they confound with the absolute truth.