The usual reproach against the essay, that it is fragmentary...

The usual reproach against the essay, that it is fragmentary and random, itself assumes the givenness of totality and suggests that man is in control of this totality. The desire of the essay, though, is not to filter the eternal out of the transitory; it wants, rather, to make the transitory eternal.

Theodor Adorno Quote About Men, Desire, Filters: The Usual Reproach Against The...

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