Talk:Italian philosophy

Roman philosophy is not Italian philosophy

The "formidable Roman philosophers" vere not Italian at all. Plutarch was Greek. So were Epictetus (who even wrote in greek), Clement of Alexandria, Ammonius Saccas, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Proclus. Other were Assyrians, Egyptians and so on, like Porphyry, Iamblichus, Plotinus, Augustine. The fact that they were Roman subjects does not mean that they were Italian philosophers.

The article makes two unscientific identifications: 1. Philosophy in the Roman Empire = Roman philosophy 2. Roman philosophy = Italian philosophy.

The section on Ancient Rome confuses Latin philosophy and Hellenistic philosophy under the title "Roman philosophy". Now, let me ask you: what in God's name has Hellenistic philosophy to do with Italian philosophy? Learn at least some general history, folks, if you are not willing to learn anything about the history of philosophy. Or, at least, respect the knowledge of those who have it. Have a look at Garin's History of Italian Philosophy and put some sense into your ignorant heads. I will let you know that the article doesn't quote any history of Italian philosophy. It is completely unscientific. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.177.243.61 (talk) 18:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

The section on twentieth century Italian philosophy needs a lot of work. Gentile is the only philosopher who is given any significant attention. He was certainly an important enough figure but Croce (who is quoted in reference to Gentile) needs to be discussed as an important figure in his own right. Then something needs to be said about the Italian Marxists like Antonio Gramsci (who as it so happens was significantly influenced by Gentile and Croce). Also. something should be said about Galvano Della Volpe, another Marxist, who was influential in the 1950s and 1960s. Originally a disciple of Gentile and Croce, he later became a strong critic of their philosophies.

JimFarm (talk) 15:26, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

It seems like significant parts of this page were copied from Antonio Rosmini, Vincenzo Gioberti, and Giovanni Gentile's pages. 2601:143:8000:7010:516B:7D9E:2E82:785E (talk) 19:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

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