Hannah Arendt
1906 - 1975
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Biography
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a German-born American political theorist. She escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s and became a prominent thinker in post-war America. Arendt's work focused on political philosophy, totalitarianism, and the nature of power. Her most famous works include 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' and 'The Human Condition.' Arendt's analyses of political events and her concept of the 'banality of evil' continue to be influential in fields such as philosophy, political science, and history.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
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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 ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.
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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.