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Nicola Abbagnano

Born

in Salerno, Italy

July 15, 1901

Died

September 09, 1990

Genre

Philosophy

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Leading Italian existentialist, Abbagnano studied in Naples and taught at Turin. His ‘philosophy of the possible’ condemned other existentialists for either denying human possibility (because all our efforts are futile in a hostile and meaningless universe) or exaggerating it, imagining us capable of things which actually lie outside our potential. In his later work he tended to adopt a more naturalistic and scientific approach to philosophy, although still condemning the ‘myth of security’ implicit in a complacent scientific world view. His major works include the monumental three-volume Storia della filosofia (‘History of Philosophy’, 1946–50) and Possibilità e libertà (‘Possibility and Liberty’, 1956).

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Average rating: 3.84 · 417 ratings · 45 reviews · 89 distinct works • Similar authors

	Storia della filosofia. Volume 1: La filosofia antica, la Patristica e la Scolastica 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dizionario di filosofia 4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1961 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storia della filosofia. Volume 2: La filosofia moderna: dal Rinascimento all'Illuminismo 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introducción al existencialismo 3.27 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1942 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storia della filosofia. Volume 3: La filosofia moderna e contemporanea: dal Romanticismo all'Esistenzialismo 3.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protagonisti e testi della filosofia. Pensiero antico, patristica, scolastica. Vol. A1-2. Per i Licei e gli Ist. Magistrali by Nicola Abbagnano, Giovanni Fornero 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La saggezza della filosofia: I problemi della nostra vita 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	História da Filosofia - Volume II 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	História da Filosofia - Volume VI 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	História da Filosofia - Volume IV 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Nicola Abbagnano

História da Filosofia (14 books)
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Storia della filosofia (6 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings

Storia Della Filosofia; ed. Espresso (5 books)
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Quotes by Nicola Abbagnano (?)

“Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic.”
― Nicola Abbagnano

tags: logic, reason

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“El proyecto de una comunidad tal se funda en el
principio que constituye la directriz de toda la filosofía platónica. "Si los filósofos no gobiernan la ciudad o si aquellos a quienes ahora llamamos reyes o gobernantes no cultivan de verdad y seriamente la filosofía, si el poder político y la filosofía no coinciden en las mismas personas y si la multitud de quienes ahora se aplican exclusivamente a uno u otra no se ve con el máximo rigor privada de hacerlo, es imposible que cesen los males de la ciudad e incluso los del género humano”
― Nicola Abbagnano, La patristica e la scolastica

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“[Hegesias] Sostenía que la vida, la cual es un bien para el tonto, es indiferente para el sabio.”
― Nicola Abbagnano, La patristica e la scolastica

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