Philosopher of the Public Realm
Hannah Arendt
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A German-born political thinker who fled Nazi Germany, reported on the Eichmann trial, and wrote on power, action and the danger of thoughtlessness.
Key work: The Human Condition (1958)
“…the fearsome, word-and-thought-defying banality of evil.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Great harm can come from not thinking.
Power arises when people act together.
Each birth is a new beginning.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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ThoughtlessnessActing TogetherA New Beginning
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