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born 1950 Italy

Roberto Esposito (born 4 August 1950) is an Italian political philosopher and critical theorist, notable for his contributions to biopolitics, Italian Thought, and metapolitics. He currently serves as emeritus professor of theoretical philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.

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But the question of the plague—in its not only pathological but also moral, ontological, and metaphysical meaning—had already been raised by Lucretius and, before him, by Anaximander. The plague is destiny, but also, when measured by ethical standards, the fault of a man who, being part of nature, shares its evil or, at least, senseless character.

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