After Hitler came to power in 1933, Edmund Husserl resigned from the Deutsche Akademie in protest. Husserl died in 1938. Only one faculty colleague attended Husserl's funeral.
“I must achieve internal consistency.” - Edmund Husserl
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“I must achieve internal consistency.” - Edmund Husserl
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“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”- Hannah Arendt
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"National Socialism is a barbarous principle. That is its essence and potential greatness."
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https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/04/25/hannah-arendt-martin-heidegger-love-letters/
“Those who remain silent are responsible.” - Edith Stein
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“When Fascism came into power, most people were unprepared... They were unable to believe that man could exhibit such propensities for evil, such lust for power..or such yearning for submission.” - Erich Fromm
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"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil."
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"I deluded myself. I think back on it shamefully. I had not yet even considered the most extreme consequences, but still believed that a quick transformation of the nonsense.. was possible.."
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