Giacomo Barzellotti (philosopher)

Giacomo Barzellotti (7 July 1844 – 19 September 1917) was an Italian philosopher and

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Biography

Giacomo Barzellotti was born in Florence in Tuscany. His father, Gaspero, was a doctor and Teresa Benvenuti, the daughter of

. In 1897, he returned to Rome where he taught the history of philosophy for over a decade.

He was made a member of the Royal Academy of the Lincei in Rome. He was inducted in the Ordini cavallereschi italiani, and awarded a badge of the Legion of Honour by France. He married Antonietta Tabarrini, the daughter of Marco Tabarrini, Italian senator and president of the Council of State.^[1]

Selected Works

• Delle dottrine filosofiche nei libri di Cicerone, 1867;
• La morale nella filosofia positiva, Florence: M. Cellini, 1871; translated into English in 1878 as The Ethics of Positivism;
• La rivoluzione e la letteratura in Italia: avanti e dopo gli anni 1848 e 1849, Florence: Successori Le Monnier, 1875;
• La nuova scuola del Kant e la filosofia scientifica contemporanea in Germania, Rome: Tip. Barbera, 1880;
• David Lazzaretti di Arcidosso (detto il santo), Bologna: Zanichelli, 1884 (nuova ed. con il titolo: Monte Amiata e il suo profeta, Milan: Fratelli Treves, 1909);
• Santi, solitari, filosofi: saggi psicologici, 2ª ed., Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1886;
• Studi e ritratti, Bologna: Zanichelli, 1893;
• Ippolito Taine, Rome : Loescher, 1895;
• Dal Rinascimento al Risorgimento (with a speech by Giosuè Carducci), 2nd. ed., 1909;
• L'opera storica della filosofia, Palermo: R. Sandron, 1918 (published posthumously).

References

Biography

• Troilo, E. (1917). "Giacomo Barzellotti". Nuova Antologia. 275: 286–292.
• Cappelletti, Virginia (1965). "Giacomo Barzellotti".
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