Pyrrhus And Cinéas by Simone de Beauvoir
A compact philosophical dialogue that probes what it means to live authentically in a world without predetermined meaning, following two interlocutors who debate action, ends and responsibility. One character champions action and the pursuit of projects as the source of value, while the other interrogates whether future goals can justify present means and how individual choices affect the freedom of others. Through their exchange the work develops an existentialist ethics: human life is defined by projects and freedom is exercised through committed action that must acknowledge ambiguity, take responsibility for consequences, and aim at concrete liberation rather than abstract or transcendent consolations.
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- 1944
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- French
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- French
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