Sun, Mar 30
|Online Session
Do We Make Our World, or Does It Make Us?
Simone de Beauvoir’s Pyrrhus and Cineas (essay) ⏱️ Reading time approx. 2 hours
Mar 30, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
Online Session
Simone de Beauvoir’s essay Pyrrhus and Cineas
This essay offers a rich exploration of the balance between personal autonomy and the external forces that shape who we are. In this session, we’ll discuss the extent to which we control our world, and how much the world, in turn, shapes us. Are our actions truly our own, or are they always influenced by societal expectations, norms, and the presence of others? (60 pages)
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