What did Theodor Adorno mean by: Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany Copy
+ Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Doubt, Reflection, Self-awareness, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Of the world as it exists, it is not possible to be enough afraid. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Existence, Fear, World, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Consciousness, Discrimination, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Life has changed into a timeless succession of shocks, interspaced with empty, paralysed intervals. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Change, Paralysis, Timelessness, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Dehumanization, Empathy, Morality, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Alienation, Connection, Isolation, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Destruction, Organizations, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Delivery, Ideology, Pride, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives. Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · Germany
