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Morality, and the ideal of freedom which is the political expression of morality, are not the property of a given party or group, but a value that is fundamentally and universally human... No people will be truly free till all are free.

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The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past.... The writing of history liberates us from history.

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Poetry is produced not by the mere caprice of pleasure, but by natural necessity. It is the primary activity of the human mind.

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Benedetto Croce

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Born: February 25, 1866
Died: November 20, 1952 (aged 86)
Bio: Benedetto Croce was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian and occasionally also politician. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography and aesthetics.
Known for:
  1. History as the story of liberty (1941)
  2. Storie e leggende napoletane (1923)
  3. Guide to Aesthetics

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