Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss
The Marginalian • 2/14/2026
Summary
Hannah Arendt discusses the concept of love and its relationship to fear. She states that "fearlessness is what love seeks," and this fearlessness is found in a state of complete calm that is unaffected by future events. Arendt emphasizes that the only valid tense is the present, referred to as the Now.
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