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

German and American philosopher, political theorist, and public historian

Hannah Arendt was a German and American philosopher, political theorist, and public historian. She became one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century. Her work examined power, authority, totalitarianism, and the public life of ideas. She is widely read for her sharp, unsentimental prose and for questions about political responsibility, freedom, and the conditions of civic life.