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Simone de Beauvoir, a foundational existentialist, argued that freedom is the ultimate goal of human existence. However, she emphasized that freedom is not solitary. 'To will oneself free is also to will others free. ' In *The Ethics of Ambiguity*, she taught that our freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of others. Oppressing others limits our own humanity. She challenges us to accept the terrifying responsibility of creating our own essence through free choices.
"To accept the risk of being hated is the price of being free from the fear of others."
"In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation."
"To be free is not to have the power to do anything you want; it is to be able to stretch out into the future without fear."
"The slave who does not take the risk of his life to win his freedom remains a slave; fear is the chain."
"The point is that the human slave, while he is a slave, is afraid of the very freedom that would liberate him."
"I was terrified by the idea that my life was a fixed thing, that it was already written."
"Our freedom is only real when we use it to fight the fears that keep us small."
"The problem with security is that it is often a cage made of fear."
"To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future."
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