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title: ! 'Adorno terminology: κατ εξοχην'

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- Theodor Adorno
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<p>"Fireworks are apparation κατ εξοχην: They appear empirically yet are liberated" (Adorno, Theodor W. Aesthetic Theory. Edited by Gretel Adorno and Rolf Tiedemann. Translated by Robert Hullot-Kentor. London: Continuum, 2004. p. 107.)</p>
<p>κατ εξοχην = par excellence (eminently)</p>
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