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Colecchi, Ottavio

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COLECCHI, OTTAVIO. - Philosopher, b. at Pescocostanzo (Aquila) on 18 Oct. 1773, d. at Naples on 25 Aug. 1847. Ordained a priest in the Dominican Order, he later left it to move to Russia as a tutor at the imperial court. Having returned to Italy, he opened a private school of philosophy in Naples, as was then the custom of learned men not invested with official chairs. In his teaching C. strove to bring about a reconciliation between realism and Kantian criticism, fighting Galluppi, then a professor at the University, without ever naming him in his own writings.

Among the works notable for C.'s thought there remain the Questioni filosofiche (3 vols., Naples 1843; vol. III was published in 1857).

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BIBL.: G. Sabatini, O. C. filosofo e matematico, nuove notizie e nuovi documenti, in Rassegna abruzzese, 1928; G. Gentile, Storia della filos. italiana dal Genovesi al Galluppi, II, Milan 1930, pp. 137-49.

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Di, Napoli Giovanni. “Colecchi, ottavio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1943. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/colecchi-ottavio.

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Di, Napoli Giovanni. “Colecchi, ottavio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1943. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/colecchi-ottavio.

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  author    = {Di, Napoli Giovanni},
  title     = {Colecchi, ottavio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1943},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/colecchi-ottavio}
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