The news of the death of Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo was announced in a Facebook post by Simone Caminadathe 38-year-old couple, Brazilian and originally from Salvador de Bahía, who was also the philosopher’s assistant for more than 14 years.
The renowned writer and thinker, 87 years old, He had been hospitalized since August 15 in Rivoli, in a hospital on the outskirts of the Piedmontese capital, and as Caminada told Ámbito “the teacher recently let himself be”referring to his serious state of health.
Francisco’s harmony with “weak thinking” for Vattimo
Vattimo, a student of the Catholic philosopher Luigi Pareyson, always had a strong harmony between Francis’ teachings and his “weak thinking”who always opposed absolutism, whether philosophical or otherwise.
“For me The Argentine Pontiff is weak by nature because he openly reflects on big questions such as migrations, homosexuality, the suburbs, always asking and posing questions without giving a single truth and an absolute answer,” he said when He received Ámbito months ago in his apartment from the center of Turin, where on that occasion he also revealed to have a strong personal relationship with Francisco.
“My relationship with the Pontiffwho is my age because he was also born in 1936, It goes back almost ten years, to 2013when he was still a cardinal”, and revealed that “in 2013 I was at a conference in Argentina and had to meet with the Cardinal Bergogliobut it happened that in those days he was called to the conclave and elected Pope, so he flew to Rome to become Pope.”
“Once appointed Pontiff, a mutual friend sent me a nice message: “I apologize to Professor Vattimo for not being able to be at the conference, but they made me Pope,” He said in the dining room of his Turin apartment, excited when talking about the Pope, he continued “then we saw each other later, in several private audiences. And our dialogue continues,” Vattimo said at the time. On that occasion he expressed that he was working on a new book with his partner and his assistant Simone Caminada on “The Church after Francis, which inevitably will no longer be the same.”
My opinion on Pope Francis? He himself questioned Ámbito, “It is very positive, as is the evaluation of his encyclical Fratelli Tutti.to which I will dedicate my next book.”
A review of his life
Vattimo, born in Turin on January 4, 1936, was the son of a police officer originally from Calabria, who died when he was only one and a half years old. He was an active member of the Student Youth of Catholic Action and collaborated in the magazine Quartodora, demonstrating since then his critical spirit and deep social commitment.
He can be considered the greatest analyst of the thought of Martin Heideggerhaving studied with teachers such as Karl Löwith and Hans Georg Gadamer.
Anti-dogmatic, a firm believer that the authentic order of things cannot be described philosophically or scientifically, he criticized every metaphysical position. With Pier Aldo Rovatti In 1983, he edited a collection of essays on weak thinking.of which he was considered the greatest exponent.
Through his great works, Vattimo always tried to make his theories accessible even to the less educated public.with a very simple and clear wording.
The eminent university professor He declared himself a communist but “not in the old Marxist sense” and was very religious. He defined himself as “homosexual and Christian” and was considered a precursor of LGBT issues in Italy. In addition to being a professor at the University of Turin, He also taught abroad and received honorary degrees from prestigious international universities. He was also a member of the European Parliament for two terms, first with the Left Democrats in 1999 and then with Italia dei Valori in 2009, and contributed to the dissemination of the philosophy by presenting television programs for RAI with his friend Umberto Eco and he collaborated with the Turin newspaper “La Stampa”.
Source: Ambito
