Humanity and Vulnerability

In the short piece of literature entitled “Hannah Arendt and the Human Duty to Think” the author, Gunter Gaus, delves into the live and perspectives of Arendt as a philosopher and how active thinking and critical analysis affects society and humanity in general. Throughout her…

Becoming Aware

Hannah Arendt emphasizes that it is important for people in the world to engage themselves in active thinking. Most of the thinking humans usually do is passive and ultimately makes us less human, as Arendt might say. She argues that active thinking is, “…a highly engaged form of thinking that…

Standing Up for What is Right and Connections

What? I see the ideas of not thinking and following orders played out many times in our society today. An example of this includes ongoing issues such as racism, the achievement gap, and the wage gap between men and women. Following orders and not questioning why problems occur…

The Powerful Mind

As my responsibility in the world, my role of thinking, questioning, and forming a critical analysis helps me better understand the wrong doings going on in this world. As Arendt talks about the nazi party coming to rise as a political power, their views on Jewish treatment was outrageous, and…