La poesia di Dante

by Benedetto Croce

Excerpt from La Poesia di Dante

Nondimeno, dopo questa doverosa protesta contro il troppo che e troppo e contro il parziale difetto di metodo.

219 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1971

About the author

From 1902, Benedetto Croce, noted Italian historian and critic, wrote the four-volume Philosophy of the Spirit as a major work of modern idealism to 1917, and staunchly opposed Fascism.

This politician wrote on numerous topics, including aesthetics. A very strict Catholic family reared Benedetto Croce. After an earthquake in 1883 killed his parents and only sister and buried him for a very long time, he barely survived. From Catholicism around the age of 18 years in 1884, he turned away as an atheist for the rest of his life. After the incident, he inherited fortune of his family and ably lived the rest in relative leisure, which enabled him to devote a great deal of time.

Benedetto Croce served as the minister of education. He openly resisted participation in World War I. He openly hated the party till his death in 1952.

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Reviews

[Chester Kisiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Benedetto Croce was a major prolific Italian philosopher of the first half of the 20th century and a representative of idealism. He was an authority in aesthetics, of which this book on Dante's poetry is an example. I gave it 4 stars only because I haven't read it yet.