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A review by bookishwendy
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Bernard Frechtman, Simone de Beauvoir
4.0
The 25% that actually went into my brain instead of skimming right over (philosophy is admittedly not my forte) was surprisingly timely and prescient.
"And if the soldier's eyes open, he too asks: who is he to command me? Instead of a prophet, he sees nothing more than a tyrant. That is why every authoritarian party regards thought as a danger and reflection as a crime; it is by means of thought that crime appears as such in the world."
"And if the soldier's eyes open, he too asks: who is he to command me? Instead of a prophet, he sees nothing more than a tyrant. That is why every authoritarian party regards thought as a danger and reflection as a crime; it is by means of thought that crime appears as such in the world."