Articles

The Battle of Ideas: A Personal Arendt Library

We appreciate a photo of a personal Arendt library that includes, among other things, a thinking cap that is used to aid the reader in the battle of ideas.

Ray Bradbury's Thoughts on Thinking: Unconscious Creativity

Ray Bradbury reflects on the dangers thinking poses to creativity in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 4/26/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the occurrence of violence in our world, meditate on the benefits of a college education, and much more!

Hannah Arendt Collection: The Life and Work of Adolf Hitler

We visit the Hannah Arendt Collection and peruse a number of books dedicated to understanding the character and political aspirations of Adolf Hitler.

The Courage to Be: Uday Mehta

Zelda May Bas, a student fellow with the Hannah Arendt Center, recounts our second "Courage to Be" dinner, during which Uday Mehta spoke on Gandhi.

Albert Einstein's Thoughts on Thinking: Reading and Laziness

Albert Einstein reflects how too much reading and not enough thinking can beget laziness in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 4/19/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we appeal to the banality of evil in acknowledging Holocaust Memorial Day, meditate on the importance of privacy, and much more!

Hannah Arendt Collection: The Prophet Armed

We visit the Hannah Arendt Collection and appreciate the annotations Arendt made to her copy of a biography written about Leon Trotsky.

Hegel's Thoughts on Thinking: Generalization and Ideas

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel reflects on the connection between ideas and generalization in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.