The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible, has led either to sheer irrelevancy, the famous knowing of more and more about less and less, or to the development of…

Quote by Hannah Arendt

Topics: Famous Quotes

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the...

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of...

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of...

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if...

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if...

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the enjoyment of...

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the enjoyment of...

Went to the beach for the day and wrote as much as I could about...

Went to the beach for the day and wrote as much as I could about...

I'm having a bad day. I am not size six. My legs are not skinny...

I'm having a bad day. I am not size six. My legs are not skinny...