Adorno

:Theodor Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist and composer.

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The Adorno family was an illustrious plebeian family in Genoa, of the Ghibelline party, several of whom were Doges of the republic.

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• Stanford Enclycopedia of Philosophy entry

Genoa: :Alternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation)....

Ghibelline: REDIRECT Guelphs and Ghibellines...

Doge: The Doge (from Latin "dux," originally meaning leader, especially military; in feudal times rendering the nobiliary, often princely, title Duke, which derives from it) was the elected chief of state in a few Italian 'crowned republics'....