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Sir Aubrey De Vere on Words and a Million Thoughts

Sir Aubrey De Vere comments on how one thought immortalized in ink can lead millions to think in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 9/6/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we use the recently Ashley Madison hack to reflect on privacy, advocate for the rights of adjunct faculty, and much more!

Even in Solitude There Are Always Two

We live our whole lives in plurality--either in public, in private, or in solitude--but even even in solitude, there are always two sides in dialogue.

Hannah Arendt and Environmental Activism

Ryan Butler, a student of environmental activism, shares an image of his personal Arendt library with us in this week's Library feature.

Welcome, Dr. Ulrich von Bulow!

The Hannah Arendt Center is pleased to weclome Dr. Ulrich von Bulow to Bard College!

Thomas Jefferson on the Glow of Thoughts

Thomas Jefferson comments on the value and glow of thoughts in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 8/30/15

In our Amor Mundi, we recognize Pope Francis' appeal for a new cultural paradigm, reflect on the inadequacies that are evident in education, and much more!

Born of Necessity, Blindness, or Strategy: On Greece and the Bureaucratically Divine

Bureaucracy, as imagined by both Kafka and Arendt, embodies an ideology of necessity through which humans abdicate responsibility for their common world.

Hannah Arendt and The Phenomenon of Life

We appreciate several annotations Hannah Arendt made to her copy of Hans Jonas's "The Phenomenon of Life" in this week's Library feature.