Gentile, Giovanni
Gentile, Giovanni
Born in Castelvetrano (Sicily) 1875. Professor of Philosophy and History of Philosophy at universities in Palermo, Pisa, and Rome. Minister of Public Education 1922-1924. Senator since 1922. Reformed the school system of Italy.
A pupil of late followers of Hegel, he emphasized the unity of spirit which he recognized in the pure act. His philosophy is therefore called actualism. He is responsible for the philosophic theory of Fascism with the conception of the Ethic State to which the individual must be totally sacrificed.
G. Gentile,
La filosofia di Marx, 1899;
Il concetto della storia della fiosofia, 1908;
L’atto del pensare como atto pure, 1912;
Sistema di logica come teoria del conoscere, 1917;
Discorsi di Religione, 1920;
La filosofia dell’Arte, 1931;
Introd. alla filosofia, 1933.
— L.V.