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Pyrrhus and Cineas (original title: Pyrrhus et Cinéas) is Simone de Beauvoir's first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human situation by way of analogy from the story of when Pyrrhus was asked by his friend Cineas what his plans were after conquering his next empire.
Cineas (flourished 3rd century bc) was a Thessalian who served as chief adviser to Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in Greece. In 281, Cineas attempted, without success, to dissuade Pyrrhus from invading Italy. After Pyrrhus defeated the Romans at Heraclea in Lucania (280), Cineas was sent to Rome to negotiate a peace.
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Cinéas (mort en 272 av. J.-C. ?) est un illustre diplomate thessalien, conseiller de prédilection du roi Pyrrhus I er qui le chargea de missions d'ambassades auprès de plusieurs cités. Il fut l’élève de l’orateur Démosthène et son éloquence est restée célèbre dans l'histoire.
Pyrrhus and Cineas is Simone de Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human situation by way of analogy from the story of when Pyrrhus was asked by his friend Cineas what his plans were after conquering his next empire.
Sep 22, 2009 · Pyrrhus et Cinéas and Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté constitute Simone de Beauvoir's early philosophical works, prior to the publication of Le Deuxième Sexe in 1949. Yet, until relatively recently, most critics have tended to regard them as derivative of Sartre's L'Etre et le néant.
- Ursula Tidd
- 1999
Pyrrhus and Cineas (Original title: Pyrrhus et Cinéas) is Simone de Beauvoir's first philosophical essay. It was published in 1944, and in it, she makes a philosophical inquiry into the human situation by way of analogy from the story of when Pyrrhus was asked by his friend Cineas what his plans were after conquering his next empire.
Aug 17, 2004 · Pyrrhus and Cinéas (1944), published one year after She Came To Stay, is Beauvoir’s first philosophical essay. It addresses fundamental ethical and political issues, such as: What are the criteria of ethical action?
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