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Theodar Adorno

Theodar Adorno

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Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. Uncategorized
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes. Uncategorized
Horror is beyond the reach of psychology. Uncategorized
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live. Uncategorized
Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. Uncategorized
Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated. Uncategorized
Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews. Uncategorized
An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences. Uncategorized
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. Uncategorized
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit. Uncategorized
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. Uncategorized
Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations. Uncategorized
Life has become the ideology of its own absence. Uncategorized
He who integrates is lost. Uncategorized
Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed. Uncategorized
Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. Uncategorized
But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain. Uncategorized
Intelligence is a moral category. Uncategorized
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'. Uncategorized
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. Uncategorized