Giovanni Gentile Quotes on Knowledge
Giovanni Gentile was an Italian philosopher and the principal theorist of the official idealism of Italian Fascism, which he called actual idealism. This page collects quotes attributed to Giovanni Gentile on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Giovanni Gentile:
“Education is the formation of the act of thought itself.”
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“Origins and Doctrine of Fascism , trans. A. James Gregor , Transaction Publishers (2011), p. 25”
For Fascism ...the State and the individual are one, or better, perhaps, "State" and "individual" are terms that are inseparable in a necessary synthesis. -
“The Fascist, on the other hand, conceives philosophy as a philosophy of practice (”praxis”). That concept was the product of certain Marxist and Sorellian inspirations (many Fascists and the Duce , himself, received their first intellectual education in the school of Marx and Sorel)—as well as the influence of contemporary Italian idealistic doctrines from which Fascist mentality drew substance and achieved maturity.”
The Philosophy of Fascism,” first published in English in the Spectator , November 1928, pp. 36-37. Reprinted in Origins and Doctrine of Fascism , A. James Gregor , translator and editor, Transaction Publishers (2003) p. 33 -
“The Philosophy of Fascism,” first published in English in the Spectator , November 1928, pp. 36-37. Reprinted in Origins and Doctrine of Fascism , A. James Gregor , translator and editor, Transaction Publishers (2003) p. 33”
The Fascist, on the other hand, conceives philosophy as a philosophy of practice (”praxis”). That concept was the product of certain Marxist and Sorellian inspirations (many Fascists and the Duce , himself, received their first intellectual education in the school of Marx and Sorel)—as well as the influence of contemporary Italian idealistic doctrines from which Fascist mentality drew substance an -
“Che cosa è il fascismo: Discorsi e polemiche (“What is Fascism?”), Florence: Vallecchi, (1925) pp. 42-45, 47-48, 49-51, 56, Origins and Doctrine of Fascism , A. James Gregor , translator and editor, Transaction Publishers, 2003, p. 59”
It is necessary to distinguish between socialism and socialism—in fact, between idea and idea of the same socialist conception, in order to distinguish among them those that are inimical to Fascism. It is well known that Sorellian syndicalism , out of which the thought and the political method of Fascism emerged—conceived itself the genuine interpretation of Marxist communism. The dynamic concepti -
“Che cosa è il fascismo: Discorsi e polemiche (“What is Fascism?”), Florence: Vallecchi, (1925) pp. 42-45, 47-48, 49-51, 56, Origins and Doctrine of Fascism , A. James Gregor , translator and editor, Transaction Publishers, 2003, p. 63”
Of which liberalism does one wish to speak? I distinguish two principal forms of liberalism . For one… liberty is a right; for the other a duty. For one it is a gift; for the other a conquest… One liberalism conceives liberty rooted in the individual, and therefore opposes the individual to the State, a State understood as possessing no intrinsic value—but exclusively serving the well being and th -
“Che cosa è il fascismo: Discorsi e polemiche (“What is Fascism?”), Florence: Vallecchi, (1925) pp. 13-16”
In the Renaissance there is much light, yes, and there is much in it with which Italians may share national pride. But there is much darkness. For the Renaissance is also the age of individualism , that through the splendid visions of poetry and art brought the Italian nation to the indifference, skepticism, and distracted cynicism of those who have nothing to defend, not in their family, their Fa