A man discovers what he is actually worth in this world when he faces society as a man, without money, name, or powerful connections, stripped of all but his native potentialities. He soon finds that nothing has less weight than his human qualities. They are prized so low that the market does not even list them. Strict science, which acknowledges man only as a biological concept, reflects man's lot in the actual world; in himself, man is nothing more than a member of a species. In the eyes of the world, the quality of humanity confers no title to existence, nay, not even a right of sojourn. Such title must be certified by special social circumstances stipulated in documents to be presented on demand.


p. 137. - "The Latest Attack on Metaphysics" (1937)

Max Horkheimer Quotes

A man discovers what he is actually worth in this world when he faces society as a man, without money, name, or powerful connections, stripped of all ...

A man discovers what he is actually worth in this world when he faces society as a man, without money, name, or powerful connections, stripped of all ...

A man discovers what he is actually worth in this world when he faces society as a man, without money, name, or powerful connections, stripped of all ...

A man discovers what he is actually worth in this world when he faces society as a man, without money, name, or powerful connections, stripped of all ...