Benedetto Croce (February 25, 1866 - November 20, 1952) was an Italian critic, idealist philosopher, and political figure. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy of history, linguistics and aesthetics, as well as liberty. His influence on Antonio Gramsci is quite notable.

Biography

Croce was born in Pescasseroli in the Abruzzi region of Italy. He was home schooled and never received a degree of any sort. Many members of his family lost their lives in an earthquake there. He is intensely linked to the city of Naples, where he died in 1952.

Selected Bibliography

• Materialismo storico ed economia marxista, 1900
• L'Estetica come scienza dell'espressione e linguistica generale, 1902
• Logica come scienza del concetto puro, 1909
• Brevario di estetica, 1912
• Saggio sul Hegel, 1912
• Teoria e storia della storiografia, 1917
• Racconto degli racconti (first translation into Italian from Neapolitan of Giambattista Basile's Lo cunto de li cunti ), 1925
• Manifesto of Anti-Fascist Intellectuals , 1 May, 1925 in La Critica
• Ultimi saggi, 1935
• La poesia, 1936
• La storia come pensiero e come azione, 1938
• Il carattere della filosofia moderna, 1941
• Filosofia e storiografia, 1949

See also

• Liberalism
• List of liberal thinkers

External links

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