This book argues that Galileo’s use of the telescope helped exalt the ideal of the homo faber (“HO-mo FAY-ber”) over the contemplative life. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this book whose chapters on “labor,” “work,” and “action” explore the changing impact of the public, private, and social realms on the title concept.
ANSWER: The Human Condition
[10e] This author of The Origins of Totalitarianism wrote The Human Condition.
ANSWER: Hannah Arendt [or Johanna Arendt]
[10h] Arendt’s struggles with reconciling the Jewish/German dichotomy in her identity are considered to be epitomized by her biography of this German woman. This woman hosted one of the most prominent salons in 19th-century Berlin and promoted the thought of Mendelssohn, Friedrich Schlegel (“SHLAY-gull”), and Schelling.
ANSWER: Rahel Varnhagen [or Rahel Antonie Friederike Varnhagen; or Rahel Antonie Friederike Levin; or Rahel Antonie Friederike Robert; accept Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess]
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