In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay...

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay...

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...