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00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page i PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page ii THE BEAUVOIR SERIES Edited by Margaret A.Simons and Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir Editorial Board Kristana Arp Debra Bergoffen Anne Deing Cordero Elizabeth Fallaize Eleanore Holveck A listof books in the seriesappearsat the end of thisbook. 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page iii Simone de Beauvoir PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS Edited by Margaret A.Simons with Marybeth Timmermann and MaryBeth Mader Foreword bySylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago © 2004 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ This book is printed on a cid-free paper. c 6 5 4 3 2 “Analysis of Claude Bernard’s Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir “Two Unpublished Chapters from She Came to Stay” © Éditions Gallimard, 1979 Pyrrhus and Cineas © Éditions Gallimard, 1944 “A Review of The Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir “Moral Idealism and Political Realism” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir “Existentialism and Popular Wisdom” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir “Jean-Paul Sartre” © Éditions Gallimard, 1979 “An Eye for an Eye” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir “Literature and Metaphysics” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir “Introduction to an Ethics of Ambiguity” © Éditions Gallimard, 1979 “An Existentialist Looks at Americans” © Éditions Gallimard, 1979 “What Is Existentialism?” © Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir Library of Congress C ataloging-in-Publication Data Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908– Philosophical writings / Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by Margaret A. Simons with the assistance of Marybeth Timmermann and Mary Beth Mader. p. cm. — (Beauvoir series) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-252-02982-8 (cloth : alk. paper)/isbn 978-0-252-02982-0 1. Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908—Philosophy. I. Simons, Margaret A. II. Timmermann, Marybeth. III. Mader, Mary Beth. IV. Title. pq2603.e362a6 2004 844′.914—dc22 2004011785 The editors gratefully acknowledge the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency, and a Matching Funds grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. This volume also received a translation grant from the French Ministry of Culture. beauvoir copyright.indd 4 8/21/07 2:01:57 PM 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page v IN MEMORY OF KATE FULLBROOK 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page vi 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page vii Contents Foreword to the Beauvoir Series ix Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. AnalysisofClaude Bernard’sIntroduction to the Studyof Experimental Medicine[1924] 13 Introduction by Margaret A.Simons and Hélène N.Peters 2. Two Unpublished Chaptersfrom She Came to Stay[1938] 31 Introduction by Edward Fullbrook 3. Pyrrhusand Cineas(1944) 77 Introduction by Debra Bergoffen 4. A Review ofThe Phenomenologyof Perception byMaurice Merleau-Ponty(1945) 151 Introduction by Sara Heinämaa 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page viii 5. MoralIdealism and PoliticalRealism (1945) 165 Introduction by Sonia Kruks 6. Existentialism and Popular Wisdom (1945) 195 Introduction by Eleanore Holveck 7. Jean-PaulSartre [1945] 221 Introduction by Karen Vintges 8. An Eye for an Eye (1946) 237 Introduction by Kristana Arp 9. Literature and Metaphysics(1946) 261 Introduction by Margaret A.Simons 10. Introduction to an EthicsofAmbiguity(1946) 279 Introduction by Gail Weiss 11. An ExistentialistLooksatAmericans(1947) 299 Introduction by Shannon M.Mussett 12. WhatIsExistentialism? (1947) 317 Introduction by Nancy Bauer Contributors 327 Index 331 00.front.i-xiv#66617 11/30/04 3:02 PM Page ix Foreword to the Beauvoir Series Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir translated by marybeth timmermann It is my pleasure to honor the monumental work of research and publica- tion that the Beauvoir Series represents,which was undertaken and brought to fruition by Margaret A.Simons and her team.These volumes ofSimone de Beauvoir’s writings,concerning literature as well as philosophy and fem- inism,stretch from 1926to 1979,that is to say,throughout almost her entire life.Some ofthem have been published before and are known,but they re- main dispersed throughout time and space,in diverse editions,newspapers, or reviews.Others were read by Beauvoir during conferences or radio pro- grams and then lost from view.Some had been left completely unpublished. What gives all ofthem force and meaning is precisely having them gathered together,closely,as a whole.Nothing ofthe sort has yet been realized,except, on a much smaller scale,Les écrits de Simone de Beauvoir(The Writings of Simone de Beauvoir),published in France in 1979.Here,the aim is an ex- haustive corpus,as much as that is possible. Because they cover more than fifty years,these volumes faithfully reflect the thoughts oftheir author,the early manifestation and permanence ofcertain ofher preoccupations as a writer and philosopher,as a woman and feminist. What will be immediately striking,I think,is their extraordinary coherence. ix
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