“Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.”

Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen.
E. Jephcott, trans. (1974), § 18
Minima Moralia (1951)

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Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen.

Minima Moralia, Aphorismus 18. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 22. Auflage 1994, ISBN 3-518-01236-3, S. 42, siehe auch Wikipedia: Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen
Minima Moralia
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