Adorno understood Benjamin’s work more deeply than Scholem or Brecht did.

Evidence

When Benjamin thanked Adorno for his lively interest, and emphasized that Adorno had understood his intentions exactly, it was more than mere courtesy to someone whose support he depended on. Although Adorno did not grasp all sides of Benjamin, he did see more than Scholem or even Brecht or others, and it was he who went into Benjamin’s ideas in the most interesting way, having assimilated much more of Benjamin than anyone else. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 870

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adorno understood Benjamin’s intentions better than Scholem or Brecht did; Adorno positioned himself as more theoretically deliberate but less theologically radical than Benjamin. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 235