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Since one cannot educate adults, the word “education” has an evil sound in politics; there is a pretense of education, when

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 Since one cannot educate adults, the word “education” has an evil sound in politics; there is a pretense of education, when

Jan 05,2024

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#quotes #philosophy #politics #education #Hannah Arendt #Between Past and Future #force #coercion

Nobody knows what he is doing because the future is being done, action is being done by a ‘we’ and not an 'I.’ Only if I

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 Nobody knows what he is doing because the future is being done, action is being done by a ‘we’ and not an 'I.’ Only if I

May 05,2021

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Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical

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 Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical

Apr 01,2021

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There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

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 There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Mar 21,2021

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The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as

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 The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as

Mar 02,2021

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There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

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 There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Jan 11,2021

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Courage is indispensable because in politics not life but the world is at stake.

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 Courage is indispensable because in politics not life but the world is at stake.

Dec 27,2020

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Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of

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 Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of

Dec 09,2020

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#quotes #Feelings #philosophy #Fear #emotions #isolation #politics #needs #Hannah Arendt #The New York Review of Books #totalitarianism #authoritarianism

One could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given

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 One could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given

Nov 04,2020

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What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have

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 What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have

Oct 29,2020

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