"When the New Yorker sent me to report on the trial of Eichmann, I assumed that the court of ... and only one it has to preface the demand of justice. This was not a simple task, because the court that Eichmann was confronted was a crime which could not find.... the criminal was like unknown in any court.... but still, the court had to define Eichamnn as man on trial for his ....there was no sistem on trial, no history, no "ism", not even entire... but only a person. This trouble thet he insisted on a renuncing personal qualities...contrary to the persecution ...nobody left... Had never done any sin....that he had no intentions, what so ever ... that he had only obeyed orders. This typical nazi plee makes it clear the the gratest evil in the ... is the evil committed by "nobodies", even committed by men... demonic
by human being who refuse to be persons and it is ... a nominal, that I have called the "banality of evil".
- Miss Arendt, you're avoiding the most important part of the controversy, you claimed the less jews ... die
You blamed the jewesh people for cooperate...
- ..leaders .who participated directly in Eichmann's activities
- ... You blamed jewish people for their own destruction.
- I never blamed that jewesh people, and ..possible, but perhaps there is something in between resistance and cooperation, and only in that sense to I say that, maybe... might
It is profundly important to ask this questions, because ... of the jewish leaders gives the most striking... totality of moral collapse...nazi ... in the respectable european society, and not only in Germany, but in almost... countries, ... and not only among the persecutors, but also among the victims.
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Try to understand is not the same as forgiveness. I see it is my responsability to understand, it is responsability of anyone who ... this subject
Since Socrates and Plato the usually ... thinking to be engaged in that silent dialogue between me and myself. In refusing to be a person, Eichmann ... that single most defining human quality that is ... able to think...and consequently was no longer able....of making ... a judgement ... possibility for many ordinary man to committ even... never seen before .... I've considered this question in a philosophical way. The manifestation of the wind of ... is not knowledge, but ability to tell right from wrong, beautiful from ugly and I hope that thinking gives people the streght to prevent catastrophies in these real moments and the chips are ....
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