"Contemplative life"(the life of philosopher-style) and "active life"(politicallife), there are many thinkers have been trying to make a high or low, has thedistinction. However, from the early study of ancient Greek philosophy, therelationship between philosophy and politics has been one of the issues that interestand concern by many philosophers. There are many philosophers have argued thatthis behavior and the phenomenon of the "contemplative life" should be higher thanthe "active life"(life) of action, the reason they make such a judgment because theybelieve that the "contemplative life" is a self-contained, itself for the purpose of abehavior and activities, and "active life" is merely a means for a certain purpose,there is no intrinsic value.It is the reflection and re-understanding of this issue, thinking and analysis,women philosophers of the20th century, Hannah Arendt, one of the philosophers,philosophy and political issues of her unique insights and interpretation, were-examine and think about the relationship between philosophy and politics. Andunderstanding of the relationship between the "contemplative life" and "active life".Re-thinking political-philosophical-political, from the point of view of the "activelife" to return to the true sense of political philosophy.This is exactly the intention of this article, from Hannah Arendt in the humancondition "(The Human Condition), a book to reveal the origin of politicalphilosophy, and political life of the early Greek city-states to exploit the politicalconnotation. Arendt is not simple to think and act from a traditional meaning andpoint of view be understood, she is with her unique way, this essence andphenomenon. Arendt interpretation of "active life" to find the public domain, it isthis re-build the public realm, Arendt tried to arouse the people through activeparticipation in political life to make people return to to the real political life. This isArendt through practical action to return to political life a desire, it is this urgentdesire to see a lack of state of people’s spiritual life, precisely because the situationof the case following the "human" This book Arendt also created a "spiritual life"(The Life of the Mind,). As shown in the title of this work, as its theme to explore isthe life of the mind, the theme of "human situation" a book just completed beforeArendt-Vita, Active (active life) Analysis--contrast. |