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Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. — Theodor Adorno

Philosophical literature

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

In the original German

Geliebt wirst du einzig, wo du schwach dich zeigen darfst, ohne Stärke zu provozieren.

Theodor Adorno
Minima Moralia · 1951
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VulnerabilityLove
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Philosophical literature
Time
1951
Person
Theodor Adorno
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Adorno, Theodor. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life, translated by E. F. N. Jephcott. Verso, 2020.
Original citation
Adorno, Theodor. Minima Moralia: Reflexionen aus dem beschädigten Leben [Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life]. Suhrkamp Verlag, 1951.

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