Simone de Beauvoir Quote

Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.


Conclusion, p. 543 - The Coming of Age (1970)


Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches...

Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches...

Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches...

Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches...