“as a man of thought, he was one of us”
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Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce, was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian, and politician who wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography, and aesthetics. A political liberal in most regards, he formulated a distinction between liberalism and "liberism". Croce had considerable influence on other Italian intellectuals, from Marxists to Italian fascists, such as Antonio Gramsci an…
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politics · Italian philosopher (1866–1952) · philosopher · politician · art historian · writer · literary critic · historian · also Benedetto Croce, Croce
Born 25 February 1866 · Died 20 November 1952 · Q192348
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 3 entries
Il Foglio: Benedetto Croce e il redivivo di Victor Hugo
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Il Mattino: Benedetto Croce, il quaderno segreto: quando la vita si fa filosofia
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Il Mattino: Benedetto Croce alla Camera: autografi in mostra a Palazzo San Macuto
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2023· 1 entry
Anpal: Benedetto Croce, leggere/scrivere, vita stessa
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2022· 6 entries
il Giornale: Benedetto Croce: il filosofo e il senatore della libertà
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Corriere della Sera: Benedetto Croce protagonista del «risveglio» della cultura italiana
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Repubblica: La lezione di Benedetto Croce, 70 anni dopo
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Il Foglio: Il cristianesimo, la libertà, l’antifascismo. L’attualità di Benedetto Croce a 70 anni dalla morte
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Ansa: Benedetto Croce, a 70 anni dalla morte esce 'Soliloquio'
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The Atlantic: Benedetto Croce: Philosopher and Humanist of Modern Italy
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2019· 1 entry
Corriere della Sera: Benedetto Croce riannodò i fili dell’Italia ferita e divisa in due
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1952· 12 entries
Died 1952-11-20.
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“Apenas em pequena parte a poesia se encontra nos inúmeros livros ditos de poesia”
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“El hombre es un microcosmos, no en el sentido natural, sino en el sentido histórico: un compendio de la historia universal.”
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“Toda la verdadera historia es historia contemporánea.”
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“À questão: - O que é a arte? - seria possível responder brincando (mas não seria uma brincadeira tola): que a arte é o que todos sabem o que é”
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“Uma aspiração fechada em torno de uma representação, eis a arte”
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“A arte é visão ou intuição. O artista produz uma imagem ou um fantasma: e quem aprecia a arte volta o olhar para o ponto que o artista lhe indicou, observa pela fenda que este lhe abriu e reproduz dentro de si aquela imagem”
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“É próprio das democracias preferir na arte os valores imperfeitos aos genuínos, que são aristocráticos e anti-utilitários.”
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“A estreita ligação do erro com a verdade nasce do facto de um erro simples e consumado ser inconcebível e, por ser inconcebível, não existir. O erro fala com duas vozes, uma delas afirma o falso, mas a outra desmente-o”
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“A violência não é força, mas fraqueza, nem nunca poderá ser criadora de coisa alguma, apenas destruidora”
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“Não basta dizer que a história é o juízo histórico, mas é preciso acrescentar que todo o juízo é juízo histórico, ou história, com certeza”
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“A cultura histórica tem o objectivo de manter viva a consciência que a sociedade humana tem do próprio passado, ou melhor, do seu presente, ou melhor, de si mesma”
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1949–1953).
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1948· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1948).
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Career landmark: member of the Senate of the Italian Republic (1948–1952).
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy (1946–1948).
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1944· 2 entries
Career landmark: minister without portfolio of the Kingdom of Italy (1944–1944).
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When democracy was restored in Southern Italy, Croce, as an "icon of liberal anti-fascism", became minister without portfolio in governments headed by Pietro Badoglio for about a month and again for a month by Ivanoe Bon
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1938· 1 entry
Croce was the only non-Jewish intellectual who refused to complete a government questionnaire designed to collect information on the so-called "racial background" of Italian intellectuals
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1928· 1 entry
Croce voted against the law which effectively abolished free elections in Italy by requiring electors to vote for a list of candidates approved by the Grand Council of Fascism
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1927· 1 entry
Won Serena Medal (1927).
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1920· 1 entry
Career landmark: minister of Public Education of the Kingdom of Italy (1920–1921).
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1919· 1 entry
Supported the government of Francesco Saverio Nitti while also expressing his admiration for the nascent Weimar Republic and the Social Democratic Party of Germany
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1910· 2 entries
Serving through Fascism and the Second World War before being elected to the Constituent Assembly as a Liberal
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Was appointed to the Italian Senate, a lifelong position (Ryn, 2000:xi)
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1906· 1 entry
Awarded Gautieri Award (1906).
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1883· 1 entry
An earthquake occurred in the village of Casamicciola on the island of Ischia near Naples, where he was on holiday with his family, destroying the home they lived in
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1866· 1 entry
Born 1866-02-25.
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