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Benedetto Croce
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Member of the Italian Senate | |
In office 8 May 1948 – 20 November 1952 |
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Constituency | Naples |
Member of the Italian Constituent Assembly | |
In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 |
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Constituency | At-large |
Minister of Public Education | |
In office 15 June 1920 – 4 July 1921 |
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Prime Minister | Giovanni Giolitti |
Preceded by | Andrea Torre |
Succeeded by | Orso Mario Corbino |
Member of the Italian Royal Senate | |
In office 26 January 1910 – 24 June 1946 |
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Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
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Born | Pescasseroli, Italy |
25 February 1866
Died | 20 November 1952 Naples, Italy |
(aged 86)
Spouse(s) |
Adele Rossi
(m. 1914; died 1952) |
Domestic partner |
Angelina Zampanelli
(m. 1893; her d. 1913) |
Children | Elena, Alda, Silvia, Lidia |
Alma mater | University of Naples |
Profession | Historian, writer, landowner |
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Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Neo-Hegelianism Classical liberalism Historism (storicismo) |
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History, aesthetics, politics |
Notable ideas
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Liberism Aesthetic expressivism |
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Benedetto Croce ( 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian and politician, who wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography and aesthetics. In most regards, Croce was a liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire free trade and had considerable influence on other Italian intellectuals, including both Marxist Antonio Gramsci and fascist Giovanni Gentile. Croce was President of PEN International, the worldwide writers' association, from 1949 until 1952. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times. He is also noted for his "major contributions to the rebirth of Italian democracy."
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