"The modern astrophysical world view, which began with Galileo, and its challenge to the adequacy of the senses to reveal reality, have left us with a universe of whose qualities we know no more than the way they affect our measuring instruments." Arendt, The Human Condition, p. 261.

We won't get to the Archimedean point section in HC until later in the week, perhaps not until next week. But today's New York Times had an interesting piece about new discoveries in astronomy relevant for those discussions.

Keep it in mind as you get to the last sections on "The Vita Activa and the Modern Age."