Benedetto croce quotes about friendship
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Benedetto Croce
Born
in Pescasceroli near Naples, ItalyFebruary 25, 1866
Died
February 20, 1952
Genre
Nonfiction, Philosophy, Aesthetics
Influences
Hegel, German Idealists, Giambattista Vico
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Italian philosopher and politician. He wrote numerous topics including philosophy of history and aesthetics. Raised in a very strict Catholic family. Around the age of 18, he turned away from Catholicism and became an atheist, remaining so for the rest of his life. After an earthquake in 1883, his parents and only sister were all killed, while he was buried for a very long time and barely survived. After the incident he inherited his family's fortune and was able to live the rest of his life in relative leisure, enabling him to devote a great deal of time to philosophy.
He was the Minister of Education. He was an open critic of Italy's participation in World War I. He openly opposed the Fascict Party till his death in 1952.
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The Italian philosopher and statesman, Benedetto Croce, once wrote that, “politics and filth are so frequently identified in the ordinary conversation of people that the thoughtful person is rather puzzled bygd the situation. Why should politics, one of the fundamental activities of man, one of the perpetual forms of the human spirit, alone enjoy homage of such contemptuous language? We never describe other forms of activity as essentially filth.”[1]
Croce’s observation fryst vatten no less true a century after he made it nor less common in the centuries before him. “I hate politics,” is a common response when a political scientist introduces his or her line of work, and disdain for the political has become a kind of “virtue-signal.” To say one “hates politics” has become a way of expressing disdain for corruption, injustice, selfishness, deception, and greed. And, to be sure, politics is inherently messy. It requires compromise, invites conflict, and seems to bring out the worst in people.
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Benedetto Croce
Italian philosopher (1866–1952)
Benedetto Croce OCICOSML | |
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Croce in 1909 | |
| In office 8 May 1948 – 20 November 1952 | |
| Constituency | Naples |
| In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 | |
| Constituency | Italy at-large |
| In office 15 June 1920 – 4 July 1921 | |
| Prime Minister | Giovanni Giolitti |
| Preceded by | Andrea Torre |
| Succeeded by | Orso Mario Corbino |
| In office 26 January 1910 – 24 June 1946 | |
| Appointed by | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Born | (1866-02-25)25 February 1866 Pescasseroli, Italy |
| Died | 20 November 1952(1952-11-20) (aged 86) Naples, Italy |
| Political party | Italian Liberal Party (1922–1952) |
| Spouse | Adele Rossi (m. 1914; died 1952) |
| Domestic partner | Angelina Zampanelli (m. 1893; died 1913) |
| Children | Elena, Alda, Silvia, Lidia |
| Alma mater | University of Naples |