Freedom and equality form a fundamental, unresolved antinomy

Evidence

It is precisely this possibility of exploiting personal superiorities which conclusively shows the deep antinomy between freedom and equality: the antinomy can be resolved only if both are dragged down to the negative level of propertylessness and powerlessness. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 2567

Categorization

• QUESTION: The excerpt cuts mid-sentence at ‘can be resolved’ — worth retrieving the next paragraph to see how Simmel proposes resolving (or declaring unresolvable) the antinomy.
• XREF: connects to: Conjugal loyalty requires both partners’ concrete economic equality and freedom — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1324; The system’s celebrated freedoms function as instruments of domination — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 45; Legal equality before the law requires negating actual individuality — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 793 (+8 more)