Giovanni Gentile

Philosopher, Politician

1875 – 1944

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Who was Giovanni Gentile?

Giovanni Gentile was an Italian neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher and politician, a peer of Benedetto Croce. He described himself as 'the philosopher of Fascism', and ghostwrote A Doctrine of Fascism for Benito Mussolini. He also devised his own system of philosophy, Actual Idealism.

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Born
May 30, 1875
Castelvetrano
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Education
  • University of Pisa
Lived in
  • Sicily
Died
Apr 15, 1944
Florence

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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