The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

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

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

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of...

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of...

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

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...

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

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

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

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

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...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

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...