An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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

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

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

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...

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

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

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

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

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

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

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

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...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

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

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

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...

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

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

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...