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Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Born 14 October 1906 · Died 4 December 1975

German-American philosopher and political theorist

Quotes

  • “The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.”
    The Life of the Mind 1978 , "Thinking"
  • “It is, in fact, far easier to act under conditions of tyranny than it is to think.”
    The Human Condition
  • “Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.”
    Crises of the Republic
  • “The need of reason is not inspired by the quest for truth but by the quest for meaning. And truth and meaning are not the same.”
    The Life of the Mind, p. 15
  • “Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.”
    The Human Condition, Part 3

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Books by Hannah Arendt in order

Books by Hannah Arendt in the order they were published, from The Burden of Our Time (1951) to Letters, 1925-1975 (2004).

  1. 1The Burden of Our TimeThe Burden of Our Time1951
  2. 2The Origins of TotalitarianismThe Origins of Totalitarianism1951
  3. 3On RevolutionOn Revolution1956
  4. 4Rahel VarnhagenRahel Varnhagen1957
  5. 5The Human ConditionThe Human Condition1958
  6. 6Between Past and FutureBetween Past and Future1961
  7. 7Eichmann in JerusalemEichmann in Jerusalem1963
  8. 8Men in Dark TimesMen in Dark Times1968
  9. 9TotalitarianismTotalitarianism1968
  10. 10On ViolenceOn Violence1969
  11. 11Crises of the RepublicCrises of the Republic1972
  12. 12The Life of the MindThe Life of the Mind1977
  13. 13ThinkingThinking1978
  14. 14WillingWilling1978
  15. 15Lectures on Kant's Political PhilosophyLectures on Kant's Political Philosophy1982
  16. 16Hannah Arendt/Karl Jaspers Correspondence, 1926-1969Hannah Arendt/Karl Jaspers Correspondence, 1926-19691992
  17. 17Correspondence 1926-1969Correspondence 1926-19691993
  18. 18Essays in Understanding, 1930-1954Essays in Understanding, 1930-19541994
  19. 19Between FriendsBetween Friends1995
  20. 20Love and Saint AugustineLove and Saint Augustine1996
  21. 21Les Origines du totalitarisme, tome 1Les Origines du totalitarisme, tome 11998
  22. 22The Portable Hannah ArendtThe Portable Hannah Arendt2000
  23. 23Sekinin to HandanSekinin to Handan2003
  24. 24Letters, 1925-1975Letters, 1925-19752004

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