Intelligence is a moral category.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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...

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

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.

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...

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.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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...

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...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

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.

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...

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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