But between the past which no longer is and the future which is not yet, this moment when he [man] exists is nothing. This privilege, which he alone possesses, of being a sovereign and unique subject amidst a universe of objects, is what he shares with all his fellow-men. In turn, an object for others. He is nothing more than an individual in the collectivity on which he depends. --Simone de Beauvoir
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Philosophical Movements
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Taoism
