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The Life of the Mind

(Combined 2 Volumes in 1) (Vols 1&2)

The author’s final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a rich, challenging analysis of man’s mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy; Indices.

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Hannah Arendt (3)

“The need of reason is not inspired by the quest for truth but by the quest for meaning. And truth and meaning are not the same. The basic fallacy, taking precedence over all specific metaphysical fallacies, is to interpret meaning on the model of truth.”

— Hannah Arendt, amazon.com

Tagged: Why We Reason, Logic Against Logic, Truth Is Not What Matters, Meaning Is Existential (Not Logical)

“It is not our soul but our mind that demands speech.”

— Hannah Arendt, amazon.com

Tagged: Where Speech Comes From, Why We Talk

“The fact that we usually treat matters of good and evil in courses in ‘morals’ or ‘ethics’ may indicate how little we know about them, for morals comes from mores and ethics from ethos, the Latin and the Greek words for customs and habit, the Latin word being associated with rules of behavior, where…”

— Hannah Arendt, amazon.com

Tagged: Understanding Evil