Simone de Beauvoir Quote

The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two partners merge in this ambiguous unity; each one is freed of his own presence and achieves immediate communication with the other.


The Marquis de Sade: an essay by Simone de Beauvoir (ed. 1972)


The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two...

The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two...

The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two...

The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two...