Traditional philosophy's claim to totality, culminating in the thesis that the real is rational, is indistinguishable from apologetics. (Theodor Adorno)

Traditional philosophy's claim to totality, culminating in the thesis that the real is rational, is indistinguishable from apologetics.

Theodor Adorno

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