Gianni vattimo biography

Italian philosopher and politician (1936–2023)

Gianteresio Vattimo (4 January 1936 – 19 September 2023) was an Italian philosopher and politician.

Biography

Gianteresio Vattimo was born in Turin, Piedmont.

He studied philosophy under the existentialistLuigi Pareyson at the University of Turin, and graduated with a laurea in 1959. In 1963 he moved to Heidelberg and studied with Karl Löwith, Habermas and Hans-Georg Gadamer with a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.^[1] Then, Vattimo returned to Turin where he became assistant professor in 1964, and later full professor of Aesthetics in 1969.

Gianni vattimo biography

While remaining at Turin, becoming Professor of Theoretical Philosophy in 1982, he had been a visiting professor at a number of American Universities.

For his works, he received honorary degrees from the universities of La Plata, Palermo, Madrid, Havana, and San Marcos of Lima.

Vattimo said he was exempted from military service.^[2&#