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.
Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting u… - Hannah Arendt
Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting u…
- Hannah Arendt
The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed a… - Hannah Arendt
The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed a…
Evil thrives on apathy and cannot exist without it. - Hannah Arendt
Evil thrives on apathy and cannot exist without it.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fic… - Hannah Arendt
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fic…
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. - Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. - Hannah Arendt
Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. - Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil. - Hannah Arendt
Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.
The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. - Hannah Arendt
The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.
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