WISDOM · VERIFIED · EN

Theodor Adorno Quote

“The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.”

— Theodor Adorno

Source: Quotables — alvations/Quotables (CC0 1.0 dataset)

Attribution status: verified · Publication status: cleared

Explore more quotes attributed to Theodor Adorno or browse wisdom quotes.

If you believe this quote is incorrectly attributed or should be removed, see Copyright and quote corrections.

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

— Theodor Adorno

Freedom

Read quote

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

— Theodor Adorno

Love

Read quote

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.

— Theodor Adorno

Life

Read quote

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.

— Theodor Adorno

Wisdom

Read quote

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

— Theodor Adorno

Wisdom

Read quote

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

— Theodor Adorno

Wisdom

Read quote