Gentile, Giovanni(1875–1944)
Giovanni Gentile was one of the major figures in the resurgence of Hegelian idealism in Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century. His "actual idealism...
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The Italian philosopher and politician Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944) was influential in reviving Hegelian idealism in Italy. He made significant contributions to the Italian educational system and part...
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In the following essay, which was published as the Introduction to Gentile's study The Reform of Education, Croce discusses the work he did with Gentile and Gentile's contribution to the...
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In the following essay, Bellamy questions whether or not Gentile's concept of actual idealism always leads to fascism.
Giovanni Gentile was born at Castelvetrano in Sicily on 30 May 1875, an...
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In the following essay, Schechter discusses the political philosophies of Gentile and Gramsci, finding that “the desire to unite the state and the civil society” links the two.
Modern...
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In the following essay, Murri discusses Gentile's ideas about religion in modern Italy as outlined in his Discorsi di religione.
The great modern nationalities sprang up, in the course of th...
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In the following essay, Garnett explains and analyzes major ideas in The Theory of Mind as Pure Act.
In The Theory of Mind as Pure Act Gentile has rendered the student of philosophy the valuable se...
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In the following essay, de Burgh examines Gentile's theory of Actual Idealism.
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Gentile's philosophy merits the attention of every serious thinker, for it presents the doctrine that ...
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In the following essay, Evans presents an overview of Gentile's philosophical system.
Philosophy should yield a concrete notion of the meaning of reality. This is the aim of Gentile. His phi...
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In the following essay, de Santillana contrasts the thinking of “scientific philosophers” with Gentile's actualist idealism.
Whatever we do know about the ways of knowing, and ...
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In the following essay, Gullace contrasts the aesthetic theories of Benedetto Croce with those of Gentile in his La filosofia dell'arte.
Gentile's name has been completely neglected i...
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In the following essay, Brown discusses Gentile's literary essays analyzing the poetry of Dante and Leopardi.
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If the primary purpose of literary criticism is to convey a sense of the uniq...
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In the following essay, Caserta posits that Gentile's educational theories were based in spiritualism and argues that they continue to be relevant.
The educational theory of Giovanni Gentile...
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Gentile, Giovanni (1875–1944)
Giovanni Gentile
Critical Essay by Benedetto Croce
