Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphat… - Theodor W. Adorno

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Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphatic concept of truth.

Theodor W. Adorno

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Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) was a German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist and composer.

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Native Name: Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno

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Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.

Wer will es schließlich selbst den allerfreiesten Geistern verübeln, wenn sie nicht mehr für eine imaginäre Nachwelt schreiben, deren Zutraulichkeit die der Zeitgenossen womöglich noch überbietet, sondern einzig für den toten Gott?

The concept of positivity in itself, in abstracto, has become part and parcel of the ideology today. ... Critique has started to become suspect, regardless of its content.

Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphatic concept of truth. - Theodor W. Adorno

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