TALAMO, SALVATORE. – Neo-Thomist philosopher, born in Naples on 6 September 1854, died in Rome on 21 February 1932.
SAN SEVERO (v.) SIGNORELLI, LUCA (v.), he soon established his reputation with the substantial volume L'aristotelismo nella scolastica (Naples 1873) and with notable articles in the journal La scienza e la fede. Called by Leo XIII to the chair of philosophy of law at the Apollinare (1879), he was appointed by the same Pontiff secretary of the Roman Academy of St Thomas (1880), an office which he held with distinction for more than half a century. For 33 years he was director and assiduous contributor to the Rio. internaz. di studi sociali (founded with Toniolo in 1893).
Particularly noteworthy are the two monographs: Le origini del cristianesimo e il pensiero stoico (Rome 1892) and Il concetto della schiavitù da Aristotele ai Dottori scolastici (there 1908), which were preceded and followed by numerous philosophical articles and essays. A scholar of broad culture, sensitive to the problems posed by modern philosophical currents, he was especially concerned with historical investigations aimed at discovering the genesis and development of doctrines and errors (v. , for example, the three addresses on Il rinnovamento del pensiero tomistico e la scienza moderna [Rome 1927]).