Hannah Arendt was a German-Jew who fled to the United States to settle when the Nazis were blood-washing Jews, and was a very famous philosopher. In 1960, Israel announced the arrest of the former German Nazi high-ranking official "Adolf Eichmann", and in 1961 the trial in Jerusalem. Hannah Arendt was invited to contribute to the trial.
When Hannah Arendt came to the scene, observed the reaction of the people and heard Adolf debate her. She sees this as a trial of history rather than of individuals, and Adolph doesn't think he's at fault, just executing the order, not really wanting to kill the Jews.
Hannah Arendt stands on the basis of philosophy and believes that Adolf has no personal ability to think and judge, and his evil stems from mediocrity. She also believed that if Jews did not cooperate with the Nazis, the death toll would be greatly reduced. The trial of Adolf was originally an entanglement and conclusion of history. Many injured Jews vented their anger and expressed their nostalgia for their deceased relatives in this trial.
Arendt's thinking caused public outrage. Her debate is from an outside point of view, not on either side. "I have never really loved any people. Why should I love Jews, I only love my friends, this is the only one I have the ability to love." Indeed, Arendt's charm also comes from this, I don't stand On either side, I only do a fair, full trial. Not everything is the fault of the victims. The massacres of aggression and annihilation have occurred from time to time in history.
We should truly understand fairness and justice, and be a person who can truly think independently and judge right and wrong independently. Instead of being mediocre for honor and power. The charm of philosophy lies in thinking, in dialectics, and in a pair of moral eyes.
Do people really think?
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