Simone de Beauvoir quote about change from The Second Sex - Being on the fringes of the world is not the best place for someone who intends to re-create it: here again, to go beyond the given, one must be deeply rooted in it. Personal accomplishments are almost impossible in human categories collectively kept in an inferior situation.
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“ Being on the fringes of the world is not the best place for someone who intends to re-create it: here again, to go beyond the given, one must be deeply rooted in it. Personal accomplishments are almost impossible in human categories collectively kept in an inferior situation. ”
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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic change accomplishment inferiority
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“Être située en marge du monde, ce n'est pas une situation favorable pour qui prétend le recréer : ici encore pour émerger par-delà le donné, il faut d'abord y être profondément enraciné. Les accomplissements personnels sont presque...” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about change from The Second Sex - Being on the fringes of the world is not the best place for someone who intends to re-create it: here again, to go beyond the given, one must be deeply rooted in it. Personal accomplishments are almost impossible in human categories collectively kept in an inferior situation.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about change from The Second Sex - Being on the fringes of the world is not the best place for someone who intends to re-create it: here again, to go beyond the given, one must be deeply rooted in it. Personal accomplishments are almost impossible in human categories collectively kept in an inferior situation.