Max Horkheimer Quote

In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to humanity at any given historical moment, … the fathers of pragmatism made the satisfaction of the subject the criterion of truth. For such a doctrine there is no possibility of rejecting or even criticizing any species of belief that is enjoyed by its adherents.


p. 52. - Eclipse of Reason (1947)


In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to humanity at any given...

In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to humanity at any given...

In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to humanity at any given...

In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to humanity at any given...