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Pasquale Galluppi ( (quiet enough in itself) which drew public attention to the Roveretan philosopher.

The morality of our actions, according to Galluppi, depends on the notion of duty which springs from the very nature of man. He never made use of the phrase "categoric imperative", but everything goes to show that on that point he did not completely escape Kant's influence: and although he asserted as the two great moral commandments "Be just" and "Be beneficent", he nonetheless approved of Kant's moral principle. Hence we do not find in him any hint as to the connection between the moral law and God, beyond the statement that God must reward Virtue and punish Vice . Against the Scottish school, on the other hand, he denied that morality depends on the feelings. His Theodicy is well within the limits of that of Leibniz, and therefore admits not only the possibility of revelation, but also the divinity of Christianity . The care and clearness of his style made his works very popular; but when the Hegel ianism of the Neapolitan school became the fashion in non-Catholic circles of thought, and Scholasticism regained its hold among Catholics , Galluppi's philosophy quickly lost ground. He always kept aloof from political questions; and his works were planned and written in his own home, amidst the noise and bustle of a large and happy family.

His principal works are;
  • ''Saggio filosofico sulla critica della conoscenza umana'', 4 vols;

  • ''Lettere sulle vicende della filosofia da Cartesio a Kant'';

  • ''Elementi di Filosofica''; ''Lezioni di Logica e Metafisica'';

  • ''Filosofia della volontà'';

  • ''Considerazioni filosofiche sull' idealismo trascendentale''.

  • ''Storia della Filisofia'' only the first volume completed.



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