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Victor Hugo on Thinking

Victor Hugo provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

The Reason For Being Is Freedom

Thomas Wild discusses Arendt's conception of freedom as a state of being experienced only in public.

Amor Mundi 11/9/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we speculate about the future of privacy in the Internet of Things, celebrate moments enjoyed in solitude, refuse to accept the biggest financial cover-up in history, and much more!

Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera

We take another visit to the Hannah Arendt Library at Bard College and find a copy of Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera.

Video Archives: Lunchtime Talk with Ursula Ludz (2010)

This week, we look back on a 2010 Lunchtime Talk with Ursula Ludz, a former visiting scholar of the Hannah Arendt Center.

John Stuart Mill on Thinking

John Stuart Mill provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 11/2/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we realize that there are two sides to every story, expose the myth of exceptional Chinese education, emphasize a need to rethink the way we educate teachers, and much more.

The Weakening of Power Through Violence

Jeffrey Champlin reflects on Arendt's understanding of violence and the origins of power.

Arendt and the Illusion of an "Inner Life"

We appreciate a particular passage that Hannah Arendt felt worthy of being underlined and marked with other annotations.