On Discourse : Hannah Arendt
February 27, 2007 – 5:04 pm“For the Greeks the essence of friendship consisted in discourse. They held that only the constant interchange of talk united citizens in a polis…However much we are affected by the things of the world, however deeply they may stir and stimulate us, they become human for us only when we can discuss them with our fellows…We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking of it; and in the course of speaking of it we learn to be human.”
Hannah Arendt: Men in Dark Times (1968)
2 Responses to “On Discourse : Hannah Arendt”
The heart of friendship is empathy.
By Leighton Cooke on Feb 27, 2007
Brilliant point Leighton
By sonia on Mar 1, 2007