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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

Topics: Catastrophe Quotes

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.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

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

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

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

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.

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

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

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

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...

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

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...

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

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...

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...

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

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...

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

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...