「二十世紀最有智慧之光的心靈。」——《波士頓環球日報》「漢娜‧鄂蘭最有魅力亦最引人深思的著作。」——《紐約時報書評》「一個充滿熱情與人文智慧的心靈， 探索著心智如何運作的基本問題。」——《新聞週刊》葉浩（國立政治大學政治系 副教授) 導讀漢娜‧鄂蘭 (Hannah Arendt) 是二十世紀思想家中最重要的成員之一，其所撰寫的《極權主義的起源》（The Origins of Totalitarianism）為二十世紀政治哲學以及政治學領域的經典之作，而她諸多作品中的原創性思想更廣為引用。《心智生命》（The Life of The Mind）是鄂蘭最後遺作，以更為哲學性的思維探討人類的三種心智活動：思考、意志與判斷，隱約呼應著大哲學家康德(Kantian)的三大批判理論：純粹理性批判、實踐理性批判以及判斷力批判。全書分為上卷〈思考〉及下卷〈意志〉兩個部分，上卷最初是1972年鄂蘭在英國亞伯丁大學(University of Aberdeen)的季佛講座 (Gifford Lectures)的演講，參加此講座的演講者皆是鼎鼎有名，如杜威、柏格森、維廉．詹姆斯、懷德海等人；下卷〈意志〉的開頭也是在同一場合所發表的演講，兩卷在作者漢娜‧鄂蘭過過世後，後由瑪莉．麥卡錫 (Mary McCarthy)以好友兼文學遺產執行者的身份，於1978年將手稿整理付梓。在這部著作中，鄂蘭不同於其他政治理論方面的著作，審視「思想」並再度回歸到哲學上的思考，探究思想在當代生活中的各種面貌—— 認為「思想」這件事，是人最基本的心智活動，亦即思考、意志與判斷。鄂蘭在「行動世界」的框架裡進行哲學探索，探討思想是否能夠增益人的行動、明辨真理、分別美醜的能力？《心智生命》是鄂蘭一反過去關注外在事務，轉趨內在哲學的思考，是她留給後世少見的寶貴哲學遺產，不僅是鄂蘭的另一本重要著作，更可視為她對自身思想的最終結論。
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