„These
items are in use but are not
being used up; use does not
require them. Their
durability bestows
continuation and consistency
onto the world, as a human
creation that is
indispensable for the
settlement of the
impermanent character of
human beings on this planet.
They are the actual human
home of man (…). Therefore
the worldly things are meant
to steady human life, and
their ‘objectivity’ does not
provide a human equivalent
to the raging change of
natural life – in which,
according to Heraclitus, the
same man can never step into
the same river – they cannot
provide an identity
resulting from the same
chair and the same table
facing the altering man with
unchanged familiarity. “
Hannah
Arendt from: Vita Activa
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