The Discovery of the Possible: Excerpts from Political Writings and Correspondence II

Literary Nonfiction. Italian American Studies. Jewish Studies. "Just as philosophy does not make progress by resolving eternal problems, but rather by rigorously meditating on particular facts, procedures and methods, and leaving the general systemic position in the background, deliberately inaccurate and only hinted at; so also politics, in my view, will not move forward by retouching its ideological structure, setting out the formulations and solutions for eternal problems; but by keeping its eye on developing events and trying to influence them using the most effective and unbiased methods; always, of course, in the light of some basic positions which it should be enough to have clear in one's heart and, I would say, in one's instincts, without needing to bend all your efforts toward giving them a clear and exact and logical formulation."--from "Letter to Altiero Spinelli," 1943
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The Discovery of the Possible: Excerpts from Political Writings and Correspondence II

Literary Nonfiction. Italian American Studies. Jewish Studies. "Just as philosophy does not make progress by resolving eternal problems, but rather by rigorously meditating on particular facts, procedures and methods, and leaving the general systemic position in the background, deliberately inaccurate and only hinted at; so also politics, in my view, will not move forward by retouching its ideological structure, setting out the formulations and solutions for eternal problems; but by keeping its eye on developing events and trying to influence them using the most effective and unbiased methods; always, of course, in the light of some basic positions which it should be enough to have clear in one's heart and, I would say, in one's instincts, without needing to bend all your efforts toward giving them a clear and exact and logical formulation."--from "Letter to Altiero Spinelli," 1943
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The Discovery of the Possible: Excerpts from Political Writings and Correspondence II

The Discovery of the Possible: Excerpts from Political Writings and Correspondence II

The Discovery of the Possible: Excerpts from Political Writings and Correspondence II

The Discovery of the Possible: Excerpts from Political Writings and Correspondence II

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Literary Nonfiction. Italian American Studies. Jewish Studies. "Just as philosophy does not make progress by resolving eternal problems, but rather by rigorously meditating on particular facts, procedures and methods, and leaving the general systemic position in the background, deliberately inaccurate and only hinted at; so also politics, in my view, will not move forward by retouching its ideological structure, setting out the formulations and solutions for eternal problems; but by keeping its eye on developing events and trying to influence them using the most effective and unbiased methods; always, of course, in the light of some basic positions which it should be enough to have clear in one's heart and, I would say, in one's instincts, without needing to bend all your efforts toward giving them a clear and exact and logical formulation."--from "Letter to Altiero Spinelli," 1943

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781599541594
Publisher: Bordighera Press
Publication date: 12/12/2019
Series: A Colorni-Hirschman International Institute , #2
Pages: 202
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author


Eugenio Colorni (1909-1944) was born in Milan to a well-to- do Jewish family steeped in the tradition of the Risorgimento. A philosopher and a student of G. A. Borgese (aesthetics) and P. Martinetti (metaphysics), he graduated in 1930 with a thesis on Leibnizian individualism supervised by Martinetti. After joining the Resistance, he was assassinated in May 1944 on the eve of the liberation of the capital. He is the author of THE DISCOVERY OF THE POSSIBLE: EXCERPTS FROM POLITICAL WRITINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE II (Bordighera Press, 2019) and CRITICAL THINKING IN ACTION: EXCERPTS FROM POLITICAL WRITINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Bordighera Press, 2019), edited by Luca Meldolesi and Nicoletta Stame.
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