Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

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.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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...

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

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

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

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

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.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

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...

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...