To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Topic

Civic duty Political neutrality Politics

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

La Force de l'âge

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. La force de l'âge [The Prime of Life]. Gallimard, 1960.

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Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

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Topic
Man and nature Government

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Buckminster Fuller
Source
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Fuller, Richard Buckminster. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Simon and Schuster, 1969, ch. 4.

Another quote about Politics

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Democracy Politics
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in French

I am condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Being and Nothingness

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Topic
Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre
Source
Being and Nothingness
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.