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Heroism and wisdom, Italian style : from Roman imperialists to Sicilian magistrates
Title
Heroism and wisdom, Italian style : from Roman imperialists to Sicilian magistrates / Raymond Angelo Belliotti.
ISBN
9781683933571
1683933575
9781683933588
Publication
Vancouver ; Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xxxii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Heroism and Wisdom is an interdisciplinary work dissecting the lives, philosophies, and works of fourteen historically significant Italian figures to examine the topics of Italian history, culture, and moral psychology of notions such as practical wisdom, heroism, authenticity, honor, will to power, and leading a meaningful human life"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Belliotti, Raymond Angelo, 1948- Heroism and wisdom, Italian style Vancouver ; Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2022]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 15, 2022
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) : scion of Rome
Brunetto Latini (1220-1294) : preceptor of Florence
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) : Florentine mystic
Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) : the lioness of Forlì
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) : Florentine enigma
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) : Genoese revolutionary
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) : Nizzan freedom fighter
Francesca Cabrini (1850-1917) : Lombardian pietist
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) : Pescaran chameleon
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) : Sardinian radical
Salvatore Giuliano (1922-1950) : Sicilian fanatic
Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) : Florentine interrogator
Giovanni Falcone (1939-1992) and Paolo Borsellino (1940-1992) : Sicilian magistrates.
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