Q0402

Hannah Arendt

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English

What I propose… is nothing more than to think what we are doing.
Thinker Hannah Arendt
School Political Philosophy
Source The Human Condition
Theme Thinking
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Source context

This English passage is associated with The Human Condition, within the tradition of Political Philosophy. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of thinking, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Hannah Arendt's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Hannah Arendt. (n.d.). What I propose… is nothing more than to think what we are doing. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0402

MLA: Hannah Arendt. “What I propose… is nothing more than to….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0402.

Chicago: Hannah Arendt. “What I propose… is nothing more than to….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0402.

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More from Hannah Arendt

  1. Men, not Man, live on the earth and inhabit the world.
  2. Thinking is the habit of examining whatever happens to come to pass or to attract attention.
  3. Even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination.
  4. The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
  5. Forgiveness is the only reaction which does not merely re-act but acts anew and unexpectedly.

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  1. Thinking is the habit of examining whatever happens to come to pass or to attract attention.
  2. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
  3. The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
  4. the banality of evil

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