>Unlike art, the techniques employed in an essay should never impede its purpose. There, it's only the message that matters, not the medium. On the other hand,

>Unlike art, the techniques employed in an essay should never impede its purpose. There, it's only the message that matters, not the medium. On the other hand, it's very possible for the techniques employed to work in service of its purpose. Many of Adorno's essays are arguing for a point of view both aesthetically, in form, and argumentatively, in content.