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if we do not know our own history, we are doomed to live it as though it were our private fate.

if we do not know our own history, we are doomed to live it as though it were our private fate.

Hannah Arendt
Fate, History, Doomed

Every thought is an afterthought.

Hannah Arendt
Art, Philosophy, History
Hannah Arendt (1981). “The Life of the Mind”, p.103, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Every end in history necessarily contains a new beginning.

Hannah Arendt
New Beginnings, History, Ends
Hannah Arendt (1968). “Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism”, p.200, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

With the rise of Christianity, faith replaced thought as the bringer of immortality.

Hannah Arendt
Art, Philosophy, History
Hannah Arendt (1981). “The Life of the Mind”, p.155, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time.

Hannah Arendt
Long, History, Duration
Hannah Arendt (1972). “Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and Revolution”, p.214, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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