Originally published on eve.gd on 18 January 2012, last updated 6 September 2026.
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My Adorno Greek Lexicon project is now complete. Here is the full listing. Page references are to Adorno, Theodor W. Aesthetic Theory. Edited by Gretel Adorno and Rolf Tiedemann. Translated by Robert Hullot-Kentor. London: Continuum, 2004 unless noted otherwise. Links contain additional information about the research process and the context of each term. I hope this is of help to anglophone readers in their pursuit of Adorno's thought.
My thanks and grateful acknowledgement go to Georgios Maragos for his patience and help throughout.
Page | Word | Meaning
3 | αρχαί | origin
7 | χωρισμός | separation
7 | χωρις | without, outside
13 | άλλο γένος | other type, other genus
15 | ηδονη | pleasure
25 | εποχη | suspension
33 | θέσει | artificial-ness
39 | καιρος | time, period
45 | agon (ἀγών) | the structure of Greek drama
82 | θέσει | artificial-ness
82 | φύσει | naturalness
106 | χωρισμός | separation
107 | κατ εξοχην | par excellence (eminently)
109 | θαυμαζειv | wonder, marvel
128 | χωρις | without, outside
142 | χωρις | without, outside
173 | χωρις | without, outside
224 | τέχνη | art, skill, cunning of hand
239 | τοδε τι | “a this”, “some this”, “a something”; a separate individuated substance. From Aristotle.
246 | καιρος | time, period
251 | καιρος | time, period
263 | χωρισμός | separation
272 | τοδε τι | “a this”, “some this”, “a something”; a separate individuated substance. From Aristotle.
317 | ζῷον πολιτικόν | political, or state-building, animal. Of humans. From Aristotle.
αρχαί
χωρισμός
άλλο γένος
ηδονη
εποχη
θέσει
καιρος
agon (ἀγών)
κατ εξοχην
θαυμαζειv
τέχνη
τοδε τι
ζῷον πολιτικόν
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1. Mortellaro, Stefano, ‘Stefano Mortellaro’, Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fazen/>