“The banality of evil.”
英语
“平庸之恶。”
艾希曼在耶路撒冷:一份关于平庸之恶的报告
“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.”
英语
“最激进的革命者,在革命后的第二天就会变成保守派。”
On Revolution ↗ (1963)
论革命“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”
英语
“叙事揭示意义,却不犯定义它的错误。”
Men in Dark Times ↗ (1968)
黑暗时代的人们“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
英语
“可悲的真相是,大多数恶行是由那些从未下定决心做善还是做恶的人所为。”
The Life of the Mind ↗ (1978)
精神生活“No one has the right to obey.”
英语
“没有人有权利服从。”
责任与判断
死后出版;反映了阿伦特毕生关于个人道德责任的立场。