Pasquale Galluppi
Pasquale Galluppi | |
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Born | |
Died | December 13, 1846 | (aged 76)
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
Occupation | Philosopher |
Spouse |
Barbara d'Aquino (m. 1794) |
Children | 14 |
Parent(s) | Vincenzo Galluppi and Lucrezia Galluppi |
Region | |
Institutions | University of Naples Federico II |
Pasquale Galluppi (2 April 1770 – 13 December 1846) was an Italian
Biography and philosophy
Galluppi was born at
His philosophy is a mixture of assent to and dissent from
The problem of human knowledge was Galuppi's chief preoccupation. He maintained the
(quiet enough in itself) which drew public attention to the Roveretan philosopher.The morality of actions, according to Galluppi, depends on the notion of duty which springs from human nature. He never made use of the phrase "categoric imperative", but everything goes to show that on that point he did not completely escape Kant's influence: and although he asserted as the two great moral commandments "Be just" and "Be beneficent", he nonetheless approved of Kant's moral principle. Therefore, he does not draw any connection between the moral law and God, beyond the statement that God must reward virtue and punish vice. Against the Scottish school, on the other hand, he denied that morality depends on the feelings. His theodicy is well within the limits of that of Leibniz, and therefore admits not only the possibility of revelation, but also the divinity of Christianity.
The care and clearness of Galluppi's style made his works very popular; but when the
Selected works
- Saggio filosofico sulla critica della conoscenza umana, 4 vols
- Lettere sulle vicende della filosofia da Cartesio a Kant
- Elementi di Filosofica
- Lezioni di Logica e Metafisica
- Filosofia della volontà
- Considerazioni filosofiche sull' idealismo trascendentale
- Storia della Filisofia (only the first volume completed)
References
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1909). Galluppi, Pasquale, Philosopher. Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol 6. New York: The Encyclopaedia Press. p. 370.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pasquale Galluppi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.