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
inspirational life art
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.
evil mind world
Triviality is evil - triviality, that is, in the form of consciousness and mind that adapts itself to the world as it is, that obeys the principle of inertia. And this principle of inertia truly is what is radically evil.
organization insane destruction
Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.
empathy imitating-others imitation
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.
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.