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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!

Archimedes and the Anthropocene

Jeffrey Champlin discusses how Arendt's use of the "Archimedean point" in Chapter 5 of The Human Condition helps us understand the Anthropocene.

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!

Critical Thinking, Judgment, and Empathy

Jennie Han discusses how Arendt's and Kant's conceptions of critical thinking help open us up to the rest of the world.

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.