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
moral consideration parsimony
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.
real one-day belief
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
sad suicide intention
The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.
thinking discipline rich
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.
happiness laughter joy
He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.
art social art-is
Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.
technology men gestures
Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.
principles fascism domination
Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed.
art order design
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.
personality tolerance mark
Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.
inspirational play self
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
categories modernity qualitative
Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
art emotional effort
Kitsch parodies catharsis...It is in vain to try to draw the boundaries abstractly between aesthetic fiction and kitsch's emotional plunder. It is a poison admixed to all art; excising it is today one of art's despairing efforts...
moral categories
Intelligence is a moral category.