Discovering Who We Are

Something that struck me in our reading this week was chapter 10 page 53 (for hard copy) when Arendt says "If we take our perspective from the world of appearances, the common world in which we appeared by birth and from which we shall disappear by death, then the wish to know our common habitat and amass all kinds of knowledge about it is natural." I think this really falls into the science as much as it does the knowledge. We are always searching for the truth. We're trying to find the depths of the world that are infinite. Everyday, we learn something new about ourselves, about the world around us. Most of us yearn for knowledge. A reason we're in college, to better our lives and know about our surroundings. We encounter new people, new lifestyles everyday. What is life if we're not gaining knowledge? What is knowledge without the science behind it?