Enzo Melandri

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Enzo Melandri (born April 14, 1926 in Genoa , † May 25, 1993 in Faenza ) was an Italian philosopher.

biography

In 1958 Melandri graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in philosophy . From 1958 to 1961 he was a lecturer for Italian at the University of Kiel . From 1962 he was professor of philosophy at various universities in Italy, first at the University of Lecce , from 1963 until his death at the University of Bologna, and from 1972 to 1974 also at the University of Trieste .

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Melandri published mainly on topics of theoretical philosophy, logic and phenomenology. He has also translated numerous writings by German-speaking philosophers into Italian and edited them, including those by Bernard Bolzano , Jürgen Habermas , Ernst Hoffmann , Alexius Meinong , Heinrich Scholz and Alfred Schütz .

Melandri's most famous work is La Linea e il Circolo ( Linee and Circle , first 1968, new edition 2004 with its list of publications). It has been described by Giorgio Agamben as one of the most notable philosophical works of the 20th century.

literature

  • Enzo Melandri: La linea e il circolo: studio logico-filosofico sull'analogia . Con un saggio introduttivo di Giorgio Agamben; appendice a cura di Stefano Besoli e Roberto Brigati; bibliografia degli scritti di Enzo Melandri a cura di Salvatore Limongi. Quodlibet, Macerata 2004. ISBN 88-7462-082-9
  • Stefano Besoli / Franco Paris (eds.): Studi su Enzo Melandri: atti della giornata di studi: Faenza, 22 maggio 1996 . Polaris, Faenza 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Melandri, Enzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1993
Place of death Faenza