Aldo Capitini Philosopher

Aldo Capitini (23 December 1899 – 19 October 1968) was an Italian philosopher, poet, political activist, anti-Fascist and educator. He was one of the first Italians to take up and develop Mahatma Gandhi's theories of nonviolence and was known as "the Italian Gandhi".

Personal facts

Aldo Capitini
Birth dateDecember 23, 1899
Birth place
Perugia
Date of deathOctober 19, 1968
Place of death
Perugia

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Philosopher

philosophical school
Laïcité
Social liberalism
Nonviolence
Catholic social teaching
region
Western philosophy

Topical connections

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Albrecht WellmerWriter
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Aldo Capitini on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://194.183.16.26/eurostudium_db/EuroStudium/edizioni/resistenza/edition_01/edition_view?fieldset=textbody
  2. http://nonviolenti.org/cms/index.php?page=aldo-capitini
  3. http://www.aldocapitini.it/englishversion/capitinisbiography.htm
  4. http://www.aldocapitini.it/notizie/base3.htm
  5. http://www.antoniogramsci.com/cittafutura.htm
  6. http://www.ivu.org/history/societies/italy.html
  7. http://www.serviziocivile.gov.it/Contenuti/?PageID=85