Simone De Beauvoir(…) symbolism did not fall out of heaven or rise out of subterranean depths: it was elaborated like language, by the human reality…
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The symbol is not something that is dropped down from above, but is the result of the human mind. Language developed because of human interactions. The symbol developed because of human senses. Man is the creator of this, not God.
Source: The Second Sex
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