Max Horkheimer Quotes on Truth
Max Horkheimer was a 20th-century German philosopher and sociologist, the founder of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt and the central organising figure of what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory. This page collects quotes attributed to Max Horkheimer on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Max Horkheimer:
“Logic is not independent of content.”
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“Reason as an organ for perceiving the true nature of reality and determining the guiding principles of our lives has come to be regarded as obsolete.”
Eclipse of Reason(1947) | p. 18. -
“The more the concept of reason becomes emasculated, the more easily it lends itself to ideological manipulation and to propagation of even the most blatant lies. … Subjective reason conforms to anything.”
Eclipse of Reason(1947) | pp. 24-25. -
“Answers determined by the social division of labor become truth as such.”
Eclipse of Reason(1947) | p. 50: Describing the pragmatist view