The Thinking Ego

Arendt explains the thinking ego as activity that is ageless, sexless, without qualities, and without a life story (Arendt 43). She sees the thinking ego as distinct from the self. For example, if a person says "I think the sky is blue", they eradicate the notion that thought is part of the human mind because they determine their existence with the statement "I think". They are denoting ownership of their thought to their body/mind which the exact opposite of what Hannah Arendt tries to dictate to her readers. The example she uses in her book are dreams. When a person dreams at night or even day-dreams they are someplace separate than their own bodies. She determines this as the reasoning for thoughts occuring outside and separate from the body.