Benedetto Croce

Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

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Benedetto Croce was an influential Italian philosopher who lived from 1866 to 1952 and developed important ideas about aesthetics, history, and how we understand culture. His work shaped European philosophy in the early twentieth century and remains studied today for its contributions to theories of art, beauty, and historical interpretation.

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Vinony files it under 1866 births, 1952 deaths and 20th-century Italian philosophers.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Benedetto
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth: Pescasseroli
Place of death: Naples
Occupation: historian
Position held: president
Educated at: University of Naples Federico II
Political party: Italian Liberal Party
Languages spoken: Italian
Native language: Italian
Religion: agnosticism
Field of work: politics
Movement: Western philosophy
Image: Benedetto Croce 01.jpg
Work location: Rome

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Commons category: Benedetto Croce
date of death: 1952-01-01
Commons Creator page: Benedetto Croce
member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
name in native language: Benedetto Croce
influenced by: Georges Sorel
birth name: Benedetto Croce
writing language: Italian
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
pseudonym: Gustavo Colline
date of birth: 1866-01-01
time period: contemporary philosophy
place of burial: Cemetery of Poggioreale, Naples

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Works in European collections

7 objects attributed to Benedetto Croce, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Workshops

Studii storici sulla rivoluzione napoletana del 1799. Benedetto Croce

Studii storici sulla rivoluzione napoletana del 1799

La lingua spagnuola in Italia : Appunti; con un' app. de Arturo Farinelli

I teatri di Napoli secolo XV - XVIII

La Critica letteraria : Questioni teoriche

Scritti minori, 1

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Encyclopedic overview

Benedetto Croce, OCI, COSML (/ˈkroʊtʃeɪ/ KROH-chay; Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 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. A political liberal in most regards, he formulated a distinction between liberalism (as support for civil liberties) and "liberism" (as support for laissez-faire economics and capitalism). Croce had considerable influence on other Italian intellectuals, from Marxists to Italian fascists, such as Antonio Gramsci and Giovanni Gentile, respectively.

He had a long career in the Italian Parliament, joining the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy in 1910, serving through Fascism and the Second World War before being elected to the Constituent Assembly as a Liberal. In the 1948 general election he was elected to the new republican Senate and served there until his death. He was a longtime member of the Italian Liberal Party, serving as its president from 1944 to 1947.

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