What did Theodor Adorno mean by: Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany Copy
+ The straight line is regarded as the shortest distance between two people, as if they were points. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Connection, Distance, Perception, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Ignorance, Isolation, Society, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Consumerism, Deception, Manipulation, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Only thought which does violence to itself is hard enough to shatter myth. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Myth, Thought, Violence, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Work while you work, play while you play – this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Discipline, Play, Work, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ The forms of art reflect the history of man more truthfully than do documents themselves. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Art, History, Truth, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Art, Darkness, Irrationality, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Coercion, Logic, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
