Antonio Genovesi 1713 – 1769
Antonio Genovesi (1713 – 1769) was an Italian philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Enlightenment.
Antonio Genovesi was an Italian Catholic priest, philosopher, and economist of the Neapolitan Enlightenment and the first holder in modern Europe of a chair of political economy, established for him at Naples in 1754. His Lezioni di Commercio and Diceosina set out the characteristic doctrines of the Italian tradition of civil economy, in which commerce, justice, education, and public happiness are bound together within a Christian and humanistic framework. He shaped a generation of Neapolitan and Italian reformers and provided one of the main alternatives within Enlightenment political economy to the more individualistic mainstream of British and French thought.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Italian
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Enlightenment
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Antonio Genovesi:
“Commerce is one of the firmest bonds of civil society.”
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Attributed to Antonio Genovesi:
“The wealth of a nation lies in the cultivation of its citizens.”
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Attributed to Antonio Genovesi:
“Public happiness is the proper end of political economy.”
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Attributed to Antonio Genovesi:
“Self-interest must be educated by reason and by benevolence.”
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Attributed to Antonio Genovesi:
“Education is the seed of every public good.”
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