"Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense." ― Theodor Adorno Topic(s): Society More From Theodor Adorno "Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices." "An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences." "In the age of the individual’s liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew." More In Society "If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it’s a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women."― Christopher Hitchens "Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals."― Oscar Wilde "This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom – the fear of God."― Ray Comfort