The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

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...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to...

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to...

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

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...

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

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...

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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...

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

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

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...

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.