Hannah's Philosophy Essay Report

Westley 2022-03-24 09:03:31

Just like at the end of the movie, her former friend said, "play yourself as a German intellectual who looks down on the Jews". Indeed, Hannah Arendt pondered the banal evil of Einchmann, a "killing machine" from a philosophical height, and wrote "Eichmann in Jerusalem". Her summary is "thinking, not knowledge, but the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, beauty and ugliness". This speech and theory won applause, giving up thinking is just obedience, in fact, what is giving up is one's own power as a human being. Keep thinking, keep thinking, this can also give a glimpse of how German philosophy is flourishing.
But emotionally, it's really unacceptable. Even in the incompetent, numb, and cold-blooded Jewish Council. When you really judge him as a third party, a bunch of people with blood and conscience will defend him immediately. Hannah is brave enough to risk the world. This is indeed her usual style.
At least, she was thinking. What about us? We hope that after watching it, we can think.

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Extended Reading
  • Bartholome 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    The mediocre evil is really a good topic. The director intercepted the most dramatic and intense part of Hannah's life, so I didn't feel bored at all. The courage to think independently and express true thoughts. It suits us too well. The trial period is also a wonderful way to face the real image, which makes the audience's sight equal to Hannah. At the same time, it also emphasized the director's attitude that this kind of thing and that person cannot and should not be played. It should only be presented objectively.

  • Winona 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    Truth is not afraid of what is pointed out by thousands of people, and mediocrity is evil and foolishness.

Hannah Arendt quotes

  • Hannah Arendt: I'm so lucky to have you, Lotte. I'd never be such good friends with my own daughter.

    Lotte Köhler: My father always says God gave us family, but thank God we can choose our friends.

  • Martin Heidegger: You say you want me to teach you how to think. Thinking - is a lonely business.