Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not — in his mind — undo the facts. Abstractness is the very life of thought, the token of its authenticity.


p. 134 - One-Dimensional Man (1964)

Herbert Marcuse Quotes

Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not...

Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not...

Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not...

Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not...