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title: ! 'Adorno terminology: τέχνη'

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- Theodor Adorno
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<p>"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.)</p>
<p>τέχνη = art, skill, cunning of hand  (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/resolveform?type=exact&lookup=texnh&lang=greek">LSJ</a>)</p>
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