French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir born 100 years ago


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From British daily The Independent:

Still the second sex? Simone de Beauvoir centenary

She was the feminist icon who seduced her female students before passing them on to her male lover. John Lichfield reports on the magazine cover which has reignited an issue close to her heart: female equality in France.

Betty Friedan: here. And here.

Shulamith Firestone, 1945-2012: In Memoriam: here.

Philosopher Obituary: G. A. Cohen (1941-2009): here.

Thomas Kuhn‘s paradigm shift: here. And here. And here.

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