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Born on this day in 1906, Hannah Arendt reshaped how we think about power, morality, and responsibility. A German-Jewish philosopher who fled Nazi Germany, Arendt’s writings—especially The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem—challenged the world to confront the ‘banality of evil.’ Her legacy reminds us: thinking deeply is not a luxury—it’s a moral duty | Unpacked Media