According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Arendt was in fact a stern defender of constitutionalism and the rule of law, an advocate of fundamental human rights (among which she included not only the right to life, liberty, and freedom of expression, but also the right to action and to opinion), and a critic of all forms of political community based on traditional ties and customs, as well as those based on religious, ethnic, or racial identity.
According to the Course Guidebook for "Why Evil Exists", she studied philosophy with Martin Heidegger, with whom she had an affair, and Karl Jaspers. She became the first female professor to teach at Princeton University.
