A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, a…

Hannah Arendt
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A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its quality of rising into sight from some darker ground which must remain hidden if it is not to lose its depth in a very real, non-subjective sense. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.71, University of Chicago Press
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