"Die Entwicklung einer differenzierten autonomen Person wird um so seltener, als sie nicht mehr im selben Maß wirtschaftlich gefordert, ja beim Fortkommen zum Hemmnis wird."
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Zum Begriff der Vernunft. Festrede bei der Rektoratsübergabe der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität am 20. November 1951. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1962, S. 10.
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Max Horkheimer
1895 – 1973
deutscher Philosoph und Soziologe
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