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title: "2 Frankfurt-school Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“Ruthlessly, in despite of itself, the Enlightenment has extinguished any trace of its own self-consciousness. The only kind of thinking that is sufficiently hard to shatter myths is ultimately self-destructive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-w-adorno/ruthlessly-in-despite-of-itself-the-enlightenment-has-extinguished/)

[Theodor W. Adorno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-w-adorno/)

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> [“The ruling class is opposed to the lower class—that is, ‘closed’ to the outside—insofar as it ‘excludes, restricts, or makes admission conditional.’ It denies the lower class access to the ‘monopolized opportunities’ that positive law grants it—‘opportunities for the satisfaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-oppenheimer/the-ruling-class-is-opposed-to-the-lower-class-that-is-closed-to-the/)

[Franz Oppenheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-oppenheimer/)

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