Benedetto Croce

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Italian idealist philosopher aesthetician historian human literary critic philosopher politician

Benedetto Croce was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian, and critic known for his influential work on aesthetics, historiography, and the philosophy of spirit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf Italian idealist philosopher ⓘ
aesthetician ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthCountry Italy ⓘ
birthDate 1866-02-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Pescasseroli ⓘ
citizenship Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCountry Italy ⓘ
deathDate 1952-11-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Naples ⓘ
educatedAt University of Naples Federico II ⓘ
familyName Croce ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
philosophy of spirit ⓘ
givenName Benedetto ⓘ
ideology anti-fascism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
influenced Antonio Gramsci ⓘ
Italian idealism ⓘ
surface form: Italian neo-idealism

Karl Mannheim ⓘ
R. G. Collingwood ⓘ
influencedBy G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Giambattista Vico ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
mainInterest aesthetics ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
memberOf Accademia dei Lincei ⓘ
Italian Liberal Party ⓘ
movement Italian idealism ⓘ
absolute idealism ⓘ
name Benedetto Croce self-link ⓘ
nationality Italian ⓘ
notableWork Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic ⓘ
History as the Story of Liberty ⓘ
Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept ⓘ
Philosophy of the Practical ⓘ
The Philosophy of Giambattista Vico ⓘ
Theory and History of Historiography ⓘ
positionHeld Minister of Education of Italy ⓘ
surface form: Minister of Public Education of Italy

Senator of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Naples ⓘ
spouse Adelina Rossi ⓘ
workLocation Naples ⓘ
wrote La Critica (journal) ⓘ

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Georges Sorel → influenced → Benedetto Croce ⓘ
Giambattista Vico → influenced → Benedetto Croce ⓘ
Vico → influenced → Benedetto Croce ⓘ
Antonio Gramsci → influencedBy → Benedetto Croce ⓘ
Benedetto Croce → name → Benedetto Croce self-link ⓘ