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Italian philosopher and theologian
Gaetano Sanseverino
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Born
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Died
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Occupation(s)
| Philosopher, Theologian
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Gaetano Sanseverino
(7 August 1811 – 16 November 1865) was an Italian philosopher and theologian. He made a comparative study including the
scholastics
, particularly
Thomas Aquinas
, and of the connection between their doctrine and that of the
church fathers
.
Biography
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Gaetano Sanseverino was born in
Naples
on 7 August 1811.
Gaetano made his studies in the seminary in
Nola
, where his uncle was
rector
. After his
ordination
, he continued the study of philosophy, with the special view of comparing the various systems. Gaetano also became a
canon
of the cathedral of Naples, professor of logic and metaphysics in the
seminary
, substitute professor of ethics in the university, and eventually
scrittore
in the National Library.
Sanseverino had been educated in the
Cartesian
system, which at that time prevailed in the ecclesiastical schools of Italy, but his comparative study of the various systems supplied him with a deeper knowledge of the
scholastics
, particularly
St. Thomas Aquinas
, and of the intimate connection between their doctrine and that of the church fathers. From that time until the end of his life, his only concern was the restoration of Christian philosophy, in which by his writings, lectures and conversation, he was of supreme assistance to
Pope Leo XIII
. With this object, in 1840, he founded
La Scienza e la Fede
, a periodical which was continued until 1887 by his disciples and associates, Signoriello and d'Amelio.
Gaetano Sanseverino died in Naples of
cholera
on 16 November 1865, at age 54.
Writings
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- His principal work,
Philosophia christiana cum antiqua et nova comparata
(5 volumes, Naples, 1862), is incomplete, covering only logic and psychology, but the work is lucid in exposition, extensive in argument, and has a vast number of authors cited and discussed.
- I principali sistemi della filosofia del criterio, discussi colla dottrina de' Santi Padri e de' Dottori del Medio Evo
(1850?53), in which he discusses and confutes the systems of
Hume
and
Gioberti
on the criterion of truth.
- La dottrina di S. Tommaso sull'origine del potere e sul preteso diritto di resistenza
("On the origin of authority and the pretended
right of resistance
", 1853).
- Elementa philosophiæ christianæ
(1864?70), written for the use of his classes, the last volume ("Ethics") being edited by his disciple Nunzio Signoriello.
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