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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

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

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

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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...

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

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

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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

The whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

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 man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

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...

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

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 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...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

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.