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Emanuele Severino Quotes on Truth

Emanuele Severino was an Italian philosopher and one of the most controversial and original metaphysicians of the late twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Emanuele Severino on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Emanuele Severino:

    “Becoming is impossible; what is, eternally is.”

  • Attributed to Emanuele Severino:

    “The West is the history of the conviction that things become; that conviction is nihilism.”

  • Attributed to Emanuele Severino:

    “Faith in non-being is the deepest error of metaphysics.”

  • Attributed to Emanuele Severino:

    “All beings are eternal; appearing and disappearing are themselves eternal facts.”

  • Attributed to Emanuele Severino:

    “Parmenides spoke the truth that the West has refused.”