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Only Power Can Check Power
Hannah Arendt saw America’s strength in its dispersion of power, rooted in civic engagement and local governance. As executive authority expands, the true challenge is not just legal resistance but the reinvigoration of collective action. Can we reclaim the founding spirit of self-governance, or will we cede our power to those who seek to consolidate it? 02-02-2025
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Blaise Pascal: The Thinking Reed That Is Man
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal offers up his comments on the nature of man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.06-02-2015
Hannah Arendt and the Ansermet's Foundations of Music
We appreciate Hannah Arendt's copy of The Foundations of music in human consciousness in this week's Library feature.05-29-2015
C. S. Lewis on Comfort and Truth-Seeking
C. S. Lewis distinguishes man's pursuit of comfort as compared to that of truth in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-26-2015
Amor Mundi 5/24/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the promise of the Class of 2015, relate Arendt's thoughts on Eichmann to a modern mass murderer, and much more.05-25-2015
Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt
We appreciate Hannah Arendt's collection of the writings of political theorist Hans Morgenthau in this week's Library feature.05-21-2015
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus on Thinking and Action
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus reflects on thinking and action in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-20-2015
Amor Mundi 5/17/15
In our Amor Mundi, we meditate on death and the ephemeral nature of the body, investigate the inhuman nature of humanities conferences, and much more!05-18-2015
The Hannah Arendt Library: Black Reconstruction in America
We appreciate two annotations Arendt made to her copy of "Black Reconstruction in America" in this week's Library feature.05-15-2015
The Courage to Be: Jeanne van Heeswijk
Bethany Zulick, a HAC student fellow, recounts Jeanne van Heeswijk's lecture for our spring 2015 "Courage to Be" dinner/speaker series.05-14-2015