Published January 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.59348/cde51-1vv09

Adorno terminology: τέχνη

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"This defines the untruth of any genius aesthetics that suppresses the element of finite making, the τέχνη in artworks, in favor of their absolute originality" (Adorno, Theodor W. Aesthetic Theory. Edited by Gretel Adorno and Rolf Tiedemann. Translated by Robert Hullot-Kentor. London: Continuum, 2004. p. 224.)

τέχνη = art, skill, cunning of hand (LSJ)

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Adorno terminology: τέχνη was originally published by Martin Paul Eve at eve.gd: Martin Paul Eve on January 13, 2012.

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"This defines the untruth of any genius aesthetics that suppresses the element of finite making, the τέχνη in artworks, in favor of their absolute originality" (Adorno, Theodor W. Aesthetic Theory. Edited by Gretel Adorno and Rolf Tiedemann. Translated by Robert Hullot-Kentor. London: Continuum, 2004.

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