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> [ “\[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty\] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.' In it, Rorty describes how as a youth he ambled around the blooming hillside in north-west New Jersey,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/j-rgen-habermas-obituary-to-friend-and-philosopher-richard-rorty-one/)

[Jürgen Habermas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-habermas/)

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## More by Jurgen Habermas

> [The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/the-state-is-in-danger-of-falling-into-disrepute-due-to-the-evidence/)

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> [Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/since-the-intervention-in-afghanistan-we-suddenly-began-to-notice/)

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> [Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/global-terrorism-is-extreme-both-in-its-lack-of-realistic-goals-and/)

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> [“For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang the ideals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/for-the-normative-self-understanding-of-modernity-christianity-has/)

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> [Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/osama-bin-laden-the-person-more-likely-serves-the-function-of-a-stand/)

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> [“Today, the language of the market penetrates every pore and forces every interpersonal relation into the schema of individual preference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/today-the-language-of-the-market-penetrates-every-pore-and-forces/)

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> [The usage of the words "public" and "public sphere" betrays a multiplicity of concurrent meanings. Their origins go back to various historical phases and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/the-usage-of-the-words-public-and-public-sphere-betrays-a/)

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> [“Only one who takes over his own life history can see in it the realization of his self. Responsibility to take over one's own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/only-one-who-takes-over-his-own-life-history-can-see-in-it-the/)

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> [ “\[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty\] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.' In it,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/j-rgen-habermas-obituary-to-friend-and-philosopher-richard-rorty-one/)

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> [After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/after-september-11-the-european-governments-have-completely-failed/)

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> [Positivism stands or falls with the principle of scientism, that is that the meaning of knowledge is defined by what the sciences do and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/positivism-stands-or-falls-with-the-principle-of-scientism-that-is/)

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> [Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/perhaps-september-11-could-be-called-the-first-historic-world-event/)

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> [I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/i-cannot-imagine-a-context-that-would-some-day-in-some-manner-make/)

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> [Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/reaching-and-understanding-is-the-process-of-bringing-about-an/)

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> [The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/the-misery-in-war-torn-afghanistan-is-reminiscent-of-images-from-the/)

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