Raison d'être
Raison d'être /ˌreɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtrə/ is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be".
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Raison d'être may refer to:
Music
- Raison d'être (band), a Swedish dark-ambient-industrial-drone music project
- Raison D'être (album), an album by Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale
Songs
- "Raison d'etre", a song by Asriel (band) from the album Abyss
- "raison detre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on the album Gauze
- "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band Nightmare used as opening theme of the anime Claymore
- "Raison d'être", a song used as the ending theme of the Chobits anime by Japanese singer and voice actress Rie Tanaka
- "Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks from the album A Different Kind of Tension
- "Raison d'être～交差する宿命～", a song by Tomosuke Funaki under the alias Zektbach for the arcade game beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius
Other
- Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by Dogfish Head
gollark: It's probably some complex bidirectional thing.
gollark: If your ethical system is "the greatest good is maximizing the number of paperclips in existence", it's entirely sensible to try and overthrow existing society to make paperclips.
gollark: Also, guess what, "still logical to agree with" implicitly assumes some values again!
gollark: I go around somewhat disagreeing with older ethical systems, and society hasn't collapsed yet.
gollark: It's still an arbitrary ethical preference to say you should value their opinion.
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