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for example, a rather subtle point in adorno’s treatment of ethics is that conceptual engagements (Justice, Good, Evil) are bound to be false and leading in the wrong direction, and that human experiences must be placed at the forefront, however “tainted” they may be.
for nietzsche, the shared affinity tends to be around themes of life-affirmation
i think the common current is when these thinkers are anti-rationalistic, anti-philosophical. there are certainly differences (nietzsche is more aristocratic in impulse, adorno is more unceasingly critical),
but i think if you would read them, i would think you could find them to be the best of fellow travellers, and the most terrible enemies
so as a more pointed example for N, the ideas of amor fati (love of fate) and the praise for a (somewhat mythological) humanity exemplified by Greek life and action, unencumbered by the conceptual burdens of Grand Philosophy.
there may be a more positive appraisal of suffering as a part of this story, but i think if interpreted charitably, you may find this lovely (but in reality you will hate :P)