Question
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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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 20 | 14.00 | 95% | 40% | 5% |
Data
| Chicago A | Houston A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago B | Virginia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Stanford A | Claremont A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| South Carolina A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell B | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIT A | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Florida A | Indiana A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Imperial A | Johns Hopkins A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Brown A | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Toronto A | Purdue A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| North Carolina A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley B | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A | McGill A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell A | Iowa State A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Florida B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago C | Penn State A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |