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Quotes from In These Great Times : A Karl Kraus Reader — Karl Kraus

1874–1936 Austria

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Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

In These Great Times : A Karl Kraus Reader (1976)

The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love.

In These Great Times : A Karl Kraus Reader (1976)

We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.

In These Great Times : A Karl Kraus Reader (1976)

Progress … has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools.

In These Great Times : A Karl Kraus Reader (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Karl Kraus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.