"We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible."
— Past

January 1, 1970

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Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté as translated by Full text online, Pt. III : The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Ch. 1 : The Aesthetic Attitude