Accepting and rejecting the given are radically different modes of surpassing

Evidence

In these two cases the given is present in its surpassing; but in one case it is present insofar as it is accepted, in the other insofar as rejected, and that makes a radical difference. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 87

Categorization

• DEFINE: The accepting-versus-rejecting split is the analytical instrument the reader needs: it separates the free person (accepting the given while projecting) from the man of ressentiment (rejecting it).
• XREF: connects to: Rejecting unfair offers is fast and automatic while accepting is deliberative. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 636