The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
(1956). This isn’t the firstArendt I read, I think that designation goes to Between
Past and Future, which I have an image of reading in Cedar Falls the
first year we were married. However, The
Human Condition is probably the closest that Arendt came to laying out a
systematic presentation of her very unique way of thinking about politics. Her ideas
both fascinate and frustrate me, but then that’s what great books should do:
push us to think. I haven’t read any Arendt in a while, but during my
undergraduate and law school days, I had a real intellectual crush on
her! Thursday, December 20, 2012
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The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
(1956). This isn’t the firstArendt I read, I think that designation goes to Between
Past and Future, which I have an image of reading in Cedar Falls the
first year we were married. However, The
Human Condition is probably the closest that Arendt came to laying out a
systematic presentation of her very unique way of thinking about politics. Her ideas
both fascinate and frustrate me, but then that’s what great books should do:
push us to think. I haven’t read any Arendt in a while, but during my
undergraduate and law school days, I had a real intellectual crush on
her! 
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