The Life of the Mind
eBook - ePub

The Life of the Mind

The Groundbreaking Investigation on How We Think

  1. 540 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Life of the Mind

The Groundbreaking Investigation on How We Think

About this book

"A passionate, humane intelligence addressing itself to the fundamental problem of how the mind operates." — Newsweek
Considered by many to be Hannah Arendt's greatest work, published as she neared the end of her life, The Life of the Mind investigates thought itself, as it exists in contemplative life. In a shift from her previous writings, most of which focus on the world outside the mind, this work was planned as three volumes that would explore the activities of the mind considered by Arendt to be fundamental. What emerged is a rich, challenging analysis of human mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging.
 
This final achievement, presented here in a complete one-volume edition, may be seen as a legacy to our own and future generations.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Epigraph
  5. Editor’s Note
  6. One / Thinking
  7. Introduction
  8. Appearance
  9. Mental Activities in a World of Appearances
  10. What Makes Us Think?
  11. Where Are We When We Think?
  12. Two / Willing
  13. Introduction
  14. The Philosophers and the Will
  15. The Discovery of the Inner Man
  16. Will and Intellect
  17. Conclusions
  18. Notes
  19. Editor’s Postface
  20. Appendix / Judging
  21. Index / Thinking
  22. Index / Willing
  23. Read More from Hannah Arendt
  24. About the Author
  25. Connect with HMH