A thinking that approaches it objects openly, rigorously ... is also free toward its objects in the sense that it refuses to have rules prescribed to… - Theodor W. Adorno

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A thinking that approaches it objects openly, rigorously ... is also free toward its objects in the sense that it refuses to have rules prescribed to it by organized knowledge. It ... rends the veil with which society conceals them, and perceives them anew.

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About Theodor W. Adorno

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
Alternative Names: Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno Theodor Wiesengrund-Adorno Theodor Wiesengrund Teodor V. Adorno Theodore W. Adorno Theodor Adorno Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund-Adorno Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund
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Negative Dialektik ... handelt sich um den Entwurf einer Philosophie, die nicht den Begriff der Identität von Sein und Denken voraussetzt und auch nicht in ihm terminiert, sondern die gerade das Gegenteil, also das Auseinanderweisen von Begriff und Sache, von Subjekt und Objekt, und ihre Unversöhntheit, artikulieren will.

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