Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises and principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. That is the banality of evil. 恶来源于思维的缺失。当思维坠落于恶的深渊，试图检验其根源的前提和原则时，总会一无所获。恶泯灭了思维，这就是恶的平庸性。
-- 汉娜・阿伦特 《艾希曼在耶路撒冷》
句子背景
源自汉娜·阿伦特在《艾希曼在耶路撒冷》中的核心论述。她亲赴耶路撒冷，旁听纳粹军官阿道夫·艾希曼的审判，震惊地发现这个执行屠杀命令的“刽子手”并非想象中的恶魔，而是一个思维空洞、只会服从命令、追求升迁的平庸官僚。他的恶，正源于“不思考”。
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