Horkheimer prized listening to historically important conversations as a rare privilege

Evidence

I wish to tell you that the invitation by which you have been honored, was a real satisfaction for Maidon and for myself. You know, I don’t overestimate successes particularly when there is only a very slight chance that they may have any tangible consequences. But in this case, I seriously think that we ought to be very grateful. It was a great experience and whatever will come out or not come out of it you have the right to be proud of it. I told you more than once how much I would give if I were offered the opportunity to listen in on conversations of historical importance. By the fact of your invitation a little bit of that wish has come true. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1322

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer’s personal ethics derived from love and appealing to privileged consciences — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 169

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer’s personal ethics derived from love and appealing to privileged consciences #complicates (0.70) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 169