a d promise Originally published as Minima Moralia by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1951 O Suhrkamp Verlag 1951 Translation first published by New Left Books 1974 O NLB 1974 This edition published by Verso 2005 All rights reserved The moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted 3579108642 UK: 6 Meard Street, London WIF OEG USA: 180 Varick Street, New York NY 10014-4606 wwversobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN184467-051-1 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Printed and Bound in the United Kingdom by Bookmarque