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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

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.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

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 joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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 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...

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...

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

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...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

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

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

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

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...

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.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.