What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to …

Hannah Arendt
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What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.5, University of Chicago Press
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