Theodar Adorno

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Born Monday, 30 November -0001
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Theodar Adorno
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When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. Uncategorized
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come. Uncategorized
True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. Uncategorized
To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults. Uncategorized
The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners. Uncategorized
The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong. Uncategorized
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them. Uncategorized
Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men. Uncategorized
Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them. Uncategorized
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies. Uncategorized
Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people. Uncategorized
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. Uncategorized
Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. Uncategorized
Normality is death. Uncategorized
None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. Uncategorized
No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit. Uncategorized
No emancipation without that of society. Uncategorized
Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category. Uncategorized
In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. Uncategorized
In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew. Uncategorized