In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own...

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own...

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

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

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

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.

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

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...

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.