Vittorio Mathieu Explained

Vittorio Mathieu
Birth Date:12 December 1923
Birth Place:Varazze, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Chivasso, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Philosopher
Historian

Vittorio Mathieu (12 December 1923[1] – 30 September 2020) was an Italian philosopher and historian.[2]

Biography

Mathieu was born in 1923 in Varazze. After his secondary studies, he enrolled in the Faculty of Law in Turin. He graduated from the University of Turin with a degree in theoretical philosophy.[3]

Mathieu became a professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Trieste in 1961. He then became a professor emeritus of moral philosophy at the University of Turin.[4]

In 1994, Mathieu helped start the Forza Italia movement alongside Silvio Berlusconi, Lucio Colletti, and others.[5] In July 2010, there were reports of Mathieu's membership in Opus Dei, but these rumors were denied by both Opus Dei and Mathieu in an address to the editorial staff of Corriere della Sera.[6]

Throughout his career, Vittorio Mathieu made significant contributions in the fields of philosophy of science, history of philosophy, aesthetics, and civil philosophy. He died in Chivasso on 30 September 2020 at the age of 96.[7]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who in Italy. 2002. 9788885246485.
  2. Web site: E' morto il filosofo Vittorio Mathieu. 30 September 2020. La Stampa. Italian.
  3. Web site: Vittorio Mathieu. filosofico.net. Italian.
  4. Web site: MATHIEU, Vittorio. Treccani. Italian.
  5. Web site: Morto il filosofo Vittorio Mathieu, fu tra i fondatori di Forza Italia. 30 September 2020. 21 Italia. Italian.
  6. Web site: Interventi & Repliche. 28 July 2010. Corriere della Serra. Italian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151024022952/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/luglio/28/Interventi_Repliche_co_9_100728042.shtml. 24 October 2015.
  7. Web site: Morto Vittorio Mathieu, criticò l'ideologia rivoluzionaria. 30 September 2020. Corriere della Serra. Italian.
  8. Web site: Vittorio Mathieu: List of Books by Author Vittorio Mathieu . 2024-07-24 . www.paperbackswap.com.
  9. Book: Mathieu, Vittorio . In tre giorni . 2010 . Mursia . 978-88-425-2898-2 . Romanzi . Milano . 0609530199.