Alfred Schmidt Quotes
Alfred Schmidt was a German philosopher and long-time professor at Frankfurt and one of the principal interpreters of the Frankfurt School in the second half of the twentieth century. A pupil of Adorno and Horkheimer, he served as a major editor of Horkheimer's collected writings and as co-editor of the journal Studies in Critical Theory. The quotes below are attributed to Alfred Schmidt, organized by topic.
Alfred Schmidt on Freedom
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Emancipation is meaningless apart from the materiality of life.”
Alfred Schmidt on Knowledge
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Critical theory must hold together natural and social science.”
Alfred Schmidt on Nature
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“For Marx, nature is the matter of human history.”
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Materialism is not a metaphysics but the recognition of human dependence.”
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Nature is the body of human history.”