Quotes by Theodor W. Adorno

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An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.
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An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.
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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.
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A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.
The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
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The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.
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Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.
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The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.
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The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
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In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
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Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
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