Abstract
This essay is concerned with the concept of evil as seen through Jaspers's philosophy of existence intertwined with belief and guilt, in context of Hannah Arendt's concepts of evil and guilt after the cataclysm of the Second World War. The correspondence between the two is the source, and evidence, of a philosophical dialogue between two of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, set against the background of the events they experienced from the end of the war until Jaspers's death in 1969.
I reflect differences in their individual philosophical responses to the paramount themes of human life, as well as open criticism and mutual solidarity and confidence. Both authors were characterized by nonconformity of thought, a constant will to maintain freedom and independence, next to supreme love and faith in humankind.