| Author Quoted | Simone Beauvoire, de |
| Title Quoted | Ethics of Ambiguity |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1964/02/10 |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1947 |
| Quotation | Simone de Beauvoir has this to say, which corrects so many of the cliches about existentialism: "It is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom. To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future: the existence of others as a freedom defines my own situation and is even the condition of my own freedom." (Ethics of Ambiguity, p. 91) |
| Quotation Source | Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 74 |
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