In fact the problem Leopardi is facing is speculative and m… - Italo Calvino

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In fact the problem Leopardi is facing is speculative and metaphysical, a problem in the history of philosophy from Parmenides to Descartes and Kant: the relationship between the idea of infinity as absolute space and absolute time, and our empirical knowledge of space and time.

Italo Calvino

Six Memos for the Next Millennium · 1996 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Italo Calvino (October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. Lionized in Britain and America, he was, at the time of his death, the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.

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Alternative Names: Italo Giovanni Calvino • Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli

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