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Arendt

American  
[air-uhnt, ahr-] / ˈɛər ənt, ˈɑr- /

noun

  1. Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.


Arendt British  
/ ˈɛərənt /

noun

  1. Hannah. 1906–75, US political philosopher, born in Germany. Her publications include The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and Eichmann in Jerusalem (1961)

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Arendt had written her dissertation on St. Augustine, who held curiosity to be dangerous, often tempting one to sin because of an insatiable hunger for one sight after another.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Hannah Arendt wrote that fascism wouldn’t have developed the way it did without the Dreyfus affair, and briefly mentioned that Morès’ antisemitic activities shaped the way that unfolded.

From Slate Mar. 2, 2026

As Arendt observed about the supporters of earlier totalitarian systems:

From Salon Jun. 22, 2025

The works of Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism and obedience are essential readings as well, especially her classic book On the Origins of Totalitarianism.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2025

Hannah Arendt, the influential cultural critic who documented the perverse excesses of Nazism, would later write about the “banality of evil” that permeated German culture during the Nazi era.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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