The method of political thought of Hannah Arendt is quite heterodox and multiform. Any
attempt to interpret it is faced with great difficulties, especially if we consider that Arendt left
little information that could clarify it. However, it may be possible to circumvent these
difficulties hermeneutics, insofar as we select the prospects of the method of Arendt to be
developed, be carried away and silencing others – which is already part of the game of
appearances. It is thus a kind of puzzle that can be mounted in different ways, without being
exhausted its possibilities. Even because, besides questioning the systematic structure of the
traditional philosophical thought, Arendt did not intend to give a definite shape to his thought,
always leaving room for future changes. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand
the method or methods, the political thought of Hannah Arendt from Hylomorphic approach.
So, we developed four chapters, which will be addressed in different perspectives of the
method Arendt, but always directed to the spectrum of matter and the way it projected in its
procedures. The first chapter treats of the genealogy of totalitarian ways of thinking, such as
how to engage and fight against Arendt’s totalitarian systems. The second chapter will deal
with the propositional aspects of Arendt’s thought, setting on the core concepts that compose
his political theory. The third chapter investigates the role of the Will while encouraging
political action, showing how Arendt made the passage of the philosophy of the Will to
freedom of the political action. The fourth chapter will deal with Hylomorphic connections in
the relationship between the faculties of thinking and judging. Finally, perhaps the
methodological procedures of Arendt cannot be seen as the beginning of the philosophy of
freedom?
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