Hannah Arendt
German-American · 1906–1975
German-American political theorist whose work on totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of evil remains profoundly influential.
Wikipedia ↗“The banality of evil.”
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“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.”
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On Revolution ↗ (1963)
“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”
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Men in Dark Times ↗ (1968)
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
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The Life of the Mind ↗ (1978)
“No one has the right to obey.”
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Published posthumously; reflects Arendt's lifelong stance on individual moral responsibility.