#Theodor W. Adorno

It is self-evident that nothing concerning art is self-evident anymore, not its inner life, not its relation to the world,

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 It is self-evident that nothing concerning art is self-evident anymore, not its inner life, not its relation to the world,

Mar 18,2021

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The happiness visible to the eye of the thinker is the happiness of mankind. The universal tendency towards suppression

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 The happiness visible to the eye of the thinker is the happiness of mankind. The universal tendency towards suppression

Feb 12,2021

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Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion.

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 Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion.

Jan 25,2021

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The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art.

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 The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art.

Jan 06,2021

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Regressive listeners behave like children. Again and again and with stubborn malice, they demand the one dish they have

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 Regressive listeners behave like children. Again and again and with stubborn malice, they demand the one dish they have

Dec 23,2020

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Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage.

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 Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage.

Nov 13,2020

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There is tenderness only in the coarsest demand: that no-one shall go hungry any more.

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 There is tenderness only in the coarsest demand: that no-one shall go hungry any more.

Oct 28,2020

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In the general tendency toward specialization, philosophy too has established itself as a specialized discipline, one

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 In the general tendency toward specialization, philosophy too has established itself as a specialized discipline, one

Oct 20,2020

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