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A quotation from Hannah Arendt

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.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

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Pete2d ago

Another Martin and Hannah play reviewed in the London Pub Theatres Magazine

Troubled Love by William Lyons at Etcetera Theatre

"4 scenes that play across decades of their lives, but there’s precious little interest in who they are as people or how their love has come about and persisted."

#Heidegger #Arendt
https://www.londonpubtheatres.com/review-troubled-love-by-william-lyons-at-etcetera-theatre-23-29-march-2026

Troubled Love by William Lyons at Etcetera Theatre 23 – 29 March

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WIST QuotationsMar 17

A quotation from Hannah Arendt

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Introduction (1977)

More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/10161/

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Arendt, Hannah - Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 "Thinking," Introduction (1977) | WIST Quotations

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. Also printed as an essay (1977-11-14), "Thinking -- I," The New Yorker (1977-11-21).

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Show threadJudith BeyerMar 10
Anthropologists know: a gift is only a gift if it is being accepted in an appropriate manner. The acceptance of a prize is by giving a speech in which one expresses one’s gratitude “toward the world” whom one “owes” and to whom one is “committed”. An honor is “imposed” upon the speaker, so #Arendt
Show threadJudith BeyerMar 10
In Hamburg, #Arendt played the role in which she was being cast by wearing “the mask of Lessing”, as it was put during a roundtable organized by the Koerber Foundation in 2023. As it turned out, Arendt had been right to distance herself from being ‘reclaimed’ ... koerber-stiftung.de/mediathek/vo...

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Hamburg, 1959. Die Philosophin und Publizistin Hannah Arendt reist aus New York an, um den Lessing-Preis der Hansestadt Hamburg in Empfang zu nehmen. „Wir wünschen Sie zu reklamieren als die Unsrige, und es wäre uns eine große und …

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Show threadJudith BeyerMar 10
In his laudatio, the cultural senator of Hamburg spoke of the wish to “reclaim Arendt for us”, ignoring that #Arendt had characterized the purpose of a laudatio in her own laudatio to #KarlJaspers the year before as having to focus on “the dignity of the person” www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM7q...

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die hochschullehreMar 10

Im Februar 2026 wurde die Dissertation von Alice Watanabe zum Thema „Forschen in Fragmenten“ mit dem #dghd-Nachwuchspreis ausgezeichnet. Einen Einblick in ihr Forschung bietet der Beitrag „Theoretische Tauchgänge. Hannah #Arendt und ihr fragmentarisches Denken als Wegweiser für Abduktion und die #Hochschuldidaktik“, der Teil ihrer kumulativen Arbeit ist.
#diehochschullehre #wbvMedia #Abduktion #Bildungsforschung

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Theoretische Forschung verliert sowohl in den allgemeinen Erziehungswissenschaften als auch in der Hochschuldidaktik zunehmend an Bedeutung. Insbesondere die Aussage, sie bringe keine neuen Erkenntnisse, führt zu abnehmendem Interesse. Der Beitrag greift…

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WaverodMar 5

Time to take a page from the Who and talking about my generation.

We grew up watching cartoons with cartoon villains. The ghost haunting places was some local guy trying to make a small fortune by running people off. People were trying to take over the world through some hare-brained scheme that was more about doing something evil than about actually getting control of the planet. They were showy, and obviously evil. (Who builds a special fortress in the shape of a giant purple griffin??) Their henchmen were by and large "I'm on their side because I'm evil!"

You knew they were evil when you met them. Odds are, they told you themselves. But of all the things they were, they were never ordinary people. The guy down the street? The woman in line at the supermarket in front of you? Not the evil we grew up with. Too banal

The actual evil we face, though? It's not Megatron or Skeletor. And because we're looking for schemes and maniacal laughter we don't see them

#GenX #Arendt #Resist #Rebuild

Angel MiguelezMar 5

Hannah Arendt war eine deutsch-US-amerikanische politische Theoretikerin und Publizistin. Ihre jüdische Herkunft, die sie als zentrale Identität verstand, und die Erfahrung der Verfolgung durch das nationalsozialistische Regime prägten ihr Denken und ihr Engagement gegen Totalitarismus.

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Two five zero zero zeroMar 4
De voortdurende actualiteit van Hannah #Arendt maar weer eens aangetoond: de normalisering van het radiale kwaad.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/03/de-normalisering-van-het-radicale-kwaad-a4922030?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_term=20260303
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