In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

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...

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.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...