Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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...

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

The whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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...

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

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

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Normality is death.

Normality is death.