Simone de Beauvoir was a pioneer for the second wave feminist movement and one of the most famous philosophers to have lived.

Strikingly, Dubbois did not label herself as a philosopher since she never attempted to provide an original treatise which aim to fully

encapsulate the truth of the world or the human condition.

Instead, she considered herself a writer, a commentator, and a novelist.

Beauvoir's identification should not, however, discredit her as a philosopher.

Jean-Paul Sartre's work on existentialism is heavily indebted to Dubbois's careful eyes scholarly expertise, and her book, The Ethics of Ambiguity, is considered by many as one

of the greatest texts in moral philosophy in existentialism, the ethical text which Sartre

promised but never produced.

Simone de Beauvoir's most famous original text, though, is the Second Sex, a detailed examination

on what it means to be a woman through the lens of existentialism.

The second sex was highly controversial at the time of its publication, receiving backlash from certain areas of a male-dominated academia and the press.

Nevertheless, it is still considered one of the greatest works in feminist philosophy.

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This episode in part one, we're going to be looking at the life of Simone de Beauvoir.

In part two, we'll be discussing the ethics of ambiguity.

In part three, we'll be jumping into the second sex.

And finally, in part four, we'll be engaging in some further analysis and discussion. Bonjour and welcome to episode 51 of the Panseye cast.

Bonjour, Jemapel, Jacques-Simes.

Bonjour the dutiful monsieur, Andrew Horton.

Bonjour. Bonjour the ambiguous, Monsieur monsieur, Andrew Horton. Bonjour.

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