Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.
"Benedetto Croce" was an Italy/Italian idealist philosophy/idealist philosopher, and occasionally also politician. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, methodology of history writing and aesthetics. He was a prominent Liberalism/liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire free trade, and had considerable influence on other prominent Italian intellectuals including both Marxist Antonio Gramsci and fascist Giovanni Gentile.
He was President of PEN International, the worldwide writers' association, from 1949 until 1952.
According an article of 2012 on Foreign Affairs (magazine)/Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Croce is considered among the most modern thinkers from those of the 20th century, along with intellectuals like Isaiah Berlin, Francis Fukuyama and Leon Trotsky.
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