Beyond “Metafisica della mente”. Philosophy As “Absolute Historicism”

Authors

  • Aniello Montano Università degli Studi di Salerno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/2146

Keywords:

Croce, Spaventa, Gentile, Historicism

Abstract

The paper aims to highlight and clarify the accusation of "metaphysics of mind", addressed to the tradition of thought originated from the German and continued by the Italian school of Hegel. Purely Thinking of Spaventa and the Pure Act of Gentile, for Croce, are not intended as a spiritual life of concrete subjects, but entities alleged in their transcendent purity and unity, far from real life and thus considered expressions of anxiety religious, almost mystical. This conception of the spirit has prevented Spaventa and Gentile to elaborate a correct view of reality and of life and to mature appropriate judgments on it, capable of illuminating the practical activity. For Croce, however, the philosophy is "absolute historicism", thought of men morally justified, in continuous and close relationship with life and dealing with the practical problems of a specific and precise historical moment.

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Published

2013-12-05

How to Cite

Montano, A. (2013). Beyond “Metafisica della mente”. Philosophy As “Absolute Historicism”. Bollettino Filosofico, 28, 237–252. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/2146

Issue

Vol. 28 (2013): Croce in Between Past and Future

Section

Editorial

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