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Remo Bodei
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“Each of us lives other lives in our imagination, fueled by literature and the media. Through them, we attempt to remedy the limitations of our own existence.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Corriere della sera, 16 January 2009
“Goodness is beautiful insofar as it is governed by the right measure, by overall balance, by the middle ground established by the exact laws of virtue, which is “harmony.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le forme del bello, il Mulino, Bologna, 2017. ISBN 9788815337498
“Death is never trivial: it is solemnity, it is mystery.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Corriere della sera, 26 January 2010
“Despite recurring announcements, it is [...] certain that philosophy, like art, is by no means “dead.” On the contrary, it is revived every season because it corresponds to needs for meaning that are continually—and often unconsciously—reformulated. Philosophy seeks answers to these questions, whether silent or explicit, by measuring and exploring the drift, conformation, and faults of those symbolic continents on which our common thinking and feeling rest.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: La filosofia del Novecento, Donzelli, Roma, 1997, p. 188
“Every work of art carves out its own unique time and space.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Corriere della sera, 2 June 2008
“It can be said that the joy of thinking consists in crossing ever more distant boundaries, in moving away from initial assumptions in such a way that—once the journey is over, looking back—one can measure the extent of the distance traveled.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Limite, Il Mulino, 2016, p. 65
“Each of us is born without knowledge or will, at a specific time and place, with a body inherited from our parents, and we struggle hard to reach, in forced stages, an understanding of the world into which we have fallen. The risk is that, in the end, everyone forms their own opinions without comparing them.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are in a position to know very little, and with our vast ignorance, we all need to seek the truth, which cannot be reduced to mere opinion, especially today when there is a worrying return to illiteracy and a infantilization of the public for which the media, especially television, are responsible, as they tend to simplify every message.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't like the fact that you try to drive a wedge between atheists and agnostics.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Read the differences because only then can we discuss, otherwise it's just unctuous and ceremonial.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source