Francesco Adorno
Francesco Adorno (born April 9, 1921 in Syracuse , Sicily , † September 19, 2010 in Florence ) was an Italian university professor and historian of philosophy .
Life
After attending school, he studied philosophy at the University of Florence and graduated with a doctorate in 1944 . He then took up an academic career and became professor for the history of philosophy , philosophy of antiquity and philosophy of the Middle Ages at the universities of Bari , Bologna and Florence.
In addition, he was President of the Tuscan Academy of Sciences and Literature ( Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria" ) and of the Museum and Institute for Early History in Florence ( Museo e istituto fiorentino di preistoria ) until his resignation for health reasons in July 2009 . He was also the editor of the Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini (CPF).
As a university lecturer, he dealt in particular with the thinking of pre-Socratics , Socrates , Plato , Sophistics , Stoa , Epicurus and Seneca . Strongly influenced by his own experiences during the 1930s and 1940s, he conceived his philosophy as a form of historical-critical reflection.
Fonts (selection)
- I sofisti e Socrate , 1961
- La filosofia antica , 1965
- Studi sul pensiero greco , 1966
- Introduzione a Socrate , 1970
- Dialettica e politica in Platone , 1975
- Introduzione a Platone , 1978
- I sofisti e la sofistica nel 5 ° -4 ° sec.aC , 1993
- Pensare storicamente , 1996
literature
- MS Funghi (Ed.): Le vie della ricerca. Studi in onore di Francesco Adorno. Olschki, Florence 1996.
Web links
- Leggo : "Morto Francesco Adorno. Il filosofo aveva 89 anni " (without date; offline)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adorno, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian historian of philosophy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syracuse , Sicily |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 2010 |
| Place of death | Florence |