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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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...

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...

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...

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.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

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.

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

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.

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...

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their...

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their...

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...

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...

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...

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.