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Theodor Adorno quotes about thinking

Deutsch Philosopher September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969

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It would be advisable to think of progress in the crudest, most basic terms: that no one should go hungry anymore, that there should be no more torture, no more Auschwitz. Only then will the idea of progress be free from lies. Theodor Adorno
Pleasure always means not to think about anything, to forget suffering even where it is shown. Basically it is helplessness. It is flight; not, as is asserted, flight from a wretched reality, but from the last remaining thought of resistance. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse..."
Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of..."
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment..."
Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think. Theodor Adorno

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