Theodor W. Adorno quote

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno
Born: Sep 11, 1903
Died: Aug 6, 1969

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Totality, Exclusive, Lacks, Aspiration, Specific

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Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Meister Eckhart, Oswald Spengler

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