Beauvoir placed second to Sartre forever setting their precedence

Evidence

What is at stake is to show how Beauvoir was also an independent and signifi - cant philosopher and to show that the Beauvoir–Sartre relationship was much more than a simple love aff air but was indeed a philosophical aff air, where each had something to learn from the other. In a nutshell, the debate is as follows: some philosophers and historians of philosophy express the view that Beauvoir is merely a follower of Sartre. While none would express such views explicitly, their editorial choices, dismissal of Beauvoir, and constant association of Beauvoir with Sartre uncover such an attitude. Opposed to this view stand philosophers who consider Beauvoir to be an independent and original thinker. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 44 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Th ey were lovers of freedom (amants de la liberté), as one commentator has put it. However, they were not lovers in the usual sense for all the time that they were together, having stopped their sexual relationship rather early. Nonetheless, the bond that held them together was very strong. Th ey needed each other throughout their lives and were always together. Th ey would see each other every day, and if they could not be together, they would write to each other almost every day. Beauvoir was always Sartre’s fi rst reader, fi erce editor, and profound critic. He would trust her judgment entirely. He was also her reader and advisor. And, yes, also her greatest admirer, as his striking confession in his War Diaries attests: “Th e Beaver … is more naturally authentic than me” (WD, 85). In Sartre’s existentialist glossary and hierarchy of types, to be authentic is the highest human level that a person can ever attain or hope to attain. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 33 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Beauvoir ranked second to Sartre in the philosophy agrégation; Beauvoir studies contests her subordination to Sartre as a mere follower — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 44; Sartre ranked Beauvoir as more authentic than himself, an assessment beyond mere admiration — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 33

Broader Connections

• Beauvoir ranked second to Sartre in the philosophy agrégation #expands (0.95)
• Beauvoir studies contests her subordination to Sartre as a mere follower #responds-to (0.85) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 44
• Sartre ranked Beauvoir as more authentic than himself, an assessment beyond mere admiration #complicates (0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 33