The human condition: a lost message in the capitalist machine In The Human Condition, by Hannah Arendt, the fundamental qualities of human behavior are described and analyzed. These qualities are first described when discussing the different entities present in the life of the Athenian Greeks. This division of human life into separate units should also be applied to modern American society, however, the structure of today's social order differs from that of ancient Greece. These disparities also make the analysis and ideas projected on the human condition conflicting. Arendt defines vita activa as the three elements of the human condition: work, work and action, which correspond to the reason why human beings were granted life. . According to Arendt, work is the set of biological functions that define life itself, work is the artificial function of human existence and therefore defined as "worldliness", and action is the activity that takes place between man and matter and leads to the permanence of the functions of a particular human being. existence. These divisions are important when considering human life as a whole, given that Arendt divides it into two spheres: the private and the public. The private sphere is where work is performed and work is present, and a hierarchical family is the basis of activity with the male at the top. Because labor and labor occur when humans are in their most natural state and in touch with their biological functions, this is the simplest sphere of life. The public sphere, which exists only for the dominant figure in the family, is more closely linked to action and is the place where man acquires a sense of freedom. This freedom comes from the fact that when human beings meet in public they discuss ideas and exchange opinions. Through this exchange, thoughts develop free from the constraints of private life and primordial needs. In this regard, freedom in the ancient Greek world was defined as the ability to contemplate thoughts and discuss socially. It is here that the morals and ideals of society are formed and a common good arises that creates a social standard. These social standards and their methods of development were valid in ancient Greek times, but are not contemporary with modern American society. The society of modern America, which coincides closely with the society of the rest of Western civilization, cannot be analyzed at the same levels with which Arendt evaluates ancient Greek culture in relation to the human conditions she proposed..