Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolat…

Hannah Arendt
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Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.188, University of Chicago Press
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Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.188, University of Chicago Press

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