Nobody is the author or producer of his own life story ... somebody began it and is its subject in the twofold sense, namely, its actor and sufferer ... but nobody is the author ...
Hannah Arendt[Justice] demands seclusion, it permits sorrow rather than anger, and it prescribes the most careful abstention from all the nice pleasures of putting oneself in the limelight.
Hannah ArendtIt can be hidden only in complete silence and perfect passivity, but its disclosure can almost never be achieved as a willful purpose, as though one possessed and could dispose of this "who" in the same manner he has and can dispose of his qualities. On the contrary, it is more than likely that the "who," which appears so clearly and unmistakably to others, remains hidden from the person himself, like the daimon in Greek religion which accompanies each man throughout his life, always looking over his shoulder from behind and thus visible only to those he encounters. This revelatory quality of speech and action comes to the fore where people are with others and neither for (the doer of good works) nor against them (the criminal) that is, in sheer human togetherness. Although nobody knows whom he reveals when he discloses himself in deed or word, he must be willing to risk the disclosure.
Hannah ArendtOne of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.
Hannah ArendtTags: politics totalitarianism politics-language elites
Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but antipolitical, perhaps the most powerful of all antipolitical forces.
Hannah ArendtNo puedes pretender que quien te ama te trate a ti menos cruelmente de lo que se trata a sí mismo. La igualdad en el amor tiene siempre algo de horrible.
Hannah ArendtTags: correspondence hannah-arendt between-frinds correspondencia entre-amigas
the greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons
Hannah ArendtTags: evil
Le danger consiste en ce que nous devenions de véritables habitants du désert et que nous nous sentions bien chez lui.
Hannah ArendtTant que nous souffrons, dans les conditions du désert, nous sommes encore humains, encore intacts .
Hannah Arendtsi personne ne peut rendre la justice, c’est que tout le monde est coupable.
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