biography
pronunciation:
[jiohbairtee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1801–52)
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| biography:
| Philosopher and statesman, born in Turin, NW Italy. He was ordained in 1825 and became chaplain to the court of Sardinia, but fell from favour through his radical republican views. He was in exile from 1833, and from Brussels published works advocating a united Italy under the pope (‘neo-guelphism’). In later works he advocated that Catholicism should be more open to liberalism. He returned to Italy in 1848 and became premier of Sardinia–Piedmont (1848–9), then ambassador to France. His philosophy centred on the concept of being, and is usually described as ontologism. |
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