Episode 8: Dames of Philosophy

Simone de Beauvoir and Hannah Arendt: Logical ladies possessing giant intellects.
Forget the teachings which say that women are solely emotional creatures, incapable of sophisticated reasoning. The fact is that females have repeatedly proved throughout history that they're just as logical as their male counterparts. Listen up.


Note: Apologies on the delay, we had some sound quality/technical issues while recording.
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Further Reading:
Simone de Beauvoir:
"A Dangerous Liaison: A Biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre" by Carole Seymour-Jones (2008). The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc., New York. (2009)
"The Second Sex." (1949) translated by H M Parshley, Penguin (1972); published by Jonathan Cape in 1953.
"Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter." by Simone de Beauvoir
"The Prime of Life."  By Simone de Beauvoir
"Philosophy as Passion" by Simone de Beauvoir
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Simone de Beauvoir 
Hannah Arendt:
Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
Men in Dark Times by Hannah Arendt
Reflections on Violence by Hannah Arendt
Reflections on Little Rock by Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger by Elzbieta Ettinger
Fembio on Hannah Arendt
Arendt's Judgment by Mark Greif, Dissent Magazine
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Hannah Arendt
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Hannah Arendt

Music: Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata

*Pictures done up by LP*
Thanks to Sasha for audio help.