Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertain…

Hannah Arendt
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Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. ✨ Hannah Arendt, Ronald Beiner (1989). Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy, p.103, University of Chicago Press
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