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Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. — Simone de Beauvoir

Political literature · Philosophical literature

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

In the original French

On ne s'interesse au matériel humain que dans la mesure ou il rapporte

Simone de Beauvoir
1970
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De Beauvoir, Simone. La Vieillesse [The Coming of Age]. Éditions Gallimard, 1970.

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