Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity…

Hannah Arendt
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.121, University of Chicago Press
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.121, University of Chicago Press

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