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Julie Piering - The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Critical Essays - Journal of the History of Philosophy 45:4 Journal of the History of Philosophy 45.4 675-676 Muse Search Journals This Journal Contents Reviewed by Julie Piering Northern Arizona University Margaret A. Simons, editor. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Critical Essays. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006. Pp. xi + 316. Paper, $24.95. At the risk of overstating the case, this collection of essays provides further evidence that Beauvoir scholarship is in its richest and most vital period yet. As Margaret Simons, its editor, points out and its authors demonstrate, Beauvoir is less and less considered a writer who applies Sartrean existentialism to concrete situations..