omg, someone descended from the Hohenzollern actually having a decent childhood!!!! <3333
It is, and even more in French, because it's "Castor", and yes, that was meant as a mythological pun, Sartre and Beaouvoir seeing themselves as twin souls as well as lovers.
I must say that this whole discussion, plus the Vous + last name thing, is doing nothing to dispel my belief that Sartre and Beauvoir were messed up. (With the caveat that this is based not on any historical knowledge nor on reading much Beauvoir -- I've read little snippets, as one does, and found them fascinating, but have never gotten to large chunks, it's on my "one of these days" list -- but I have read Sartre on love.)
Re: Fredersdorf
It is, and even more in French, because it's "Castor", and yes, that was meant as a mythological pun, Sartre and Beaouvoir seeing themselves as twin souls as well as lovers.
I must say that this whole discussion, plus the Vous + last name thing, is doing nothing to dispel my belief that Sartre and Beauvoir were messed up. (With the caveat that this is based not on any historical knowledge nor on reading much Beauvoir -- I've read little snippets, as one does, and found them fascinating, but have never gotten to large chunks, it's on my "one of these days" list -- but I have read Sartre on love.)