Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno
Theodor W. Adornowas a German philosopher, sociologist, and composer known for his critical theory of society...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth11 September 1903
CountryGermany
people impertinence
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
life despair vain
But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.
differences discrimination conscious
Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
hands differences culture
An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.
anticipation early-life
He who matures early lives in anticipation.
responsibility abstract concrete
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
jew rumours anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.
decay blind satire
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
art domination folks
Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.
distance people elimination
Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.
lying believe
A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.
violence domination delegates
Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
life absence ideology
Life has become the ideology of its own absence.
mean thinking moments
Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.