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
aspiration exclusive totality
The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
stupidity culture reactions
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.
obsolete
Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.
people impertinence
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
anticipation early-life
He who matures early lives in anticipation.
advice
Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.
time men yesterday
The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.
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.
quality depth alternatives
Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.
language hunger poor
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
utopia abstract fulfilled
None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.
responsibility abstract concrete
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
health sickness health-care
Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.