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" Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. "
Theodor Adorno
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" Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. "
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" All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. "
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" Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations. "
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" The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday. "
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