PHILOSOPHER

Benedetto Croce

1866 - 1952

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Benedetto Croce, ( KROH-chay, Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian, and politician who wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography, and aesthetics. A political liberal in most regards, he formulated a distinction between liberalism (as support for civil liberties) and "liberism" (as support for laissez-faire economics and capitalism). Croce had considerable influence on other Italian intellectuals, from Marxists to Italian fascists, such as Antonio Gramsci and Giovanni Gentile, respectively. He had a long career in the Italian Parliament, joining the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy in 1910, serving through Fascism and the Second World War before being elected to the Constituent Assembly as a Liberal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benedetto Croce is the 229th most popular philosopher (down from 214th in 2019), the 660th most popular biography from Italy (down from 564th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Philosopher.

Benedetto Croce was a philosopher and historian who is most famous for his philosophy of aesthetics.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Benedetto Croce ranks 229 out of 1,267. Before him are Julius Evola, Francisco Suárez, Paulo Freire, Joseph de Maistre, Ernst Bloch, and Gaston Bachelard. After him are Al-Ash'ari, Iamblichus, Carneades, Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Paul Feyerabend.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Benedetto Croce ranks 10. Before him are Sun Yat-sen, Erik Satie, George Gurdjieff, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Werner, and Charles Nicolle. After him are Jacinto Benavente, Giovanni Agnelli, Beatrix Potter, Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Aby Warburg. Among people deceased in 1952, Benedetto Croce ranks 11. Before him are John Dewey, Alexandra Kollontai, Chaim Weizmann, Wilm Hosenfeld, Paul Éluard, and Karen Horney. After him are Sven Hedin, Elena of Montenegro, Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benedetto Croce ranks 660 out of 5,161. Before him are Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Giorgia Meloni (1977), Catherine Cornaro (1454), Leonardo Bruni (1370), and Maria Luisa of Parma (1751). After him are Raffaella Carrà (1943), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Berengar I of Italy (850), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), and Giulio Romano (1499).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Benedetto Croce ranks 21. Before him are Tommaso Campanella (1568), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Hippasus (-600), Theano (-600), and Julius Evola (1898). After him are Giorgio Agamben (1942), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Giovanni Gentile (1875), and Antonio Negri (1933).

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