Quotation by Hannah Arendt

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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx.

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German-born U.S. political philosopher. Between Past and Future, ch. 1 (1961).

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