Salvatore Natoli Quotes
born 1942 Italy
q:it:Salvatore Natoli (born in 1942) is an Italian philosopher and university professor, and a disciple of Emanuele Severino.
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Francis de Sales concedes nothing to the pagan style, which, moreover, has long since abandoned its tragic guise in ancient schools.
The magnanimous person does not look at others, not because he underestimates them, but because he finds his own measure in the task he has set himself. (p. 133).
But good can never be imposed: it must be continually sought and chosen each time. (p. 43)
“'Vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usus”': life is not given as property to anyone, but “'for use”' to everyone. (p. 3)
The first rule of any discourse is, in fact, to “tell the truth”. (p. 55)
If it is a duty to reprimand one's friends, it is a sign of great wisdom to take the criticism of one's enemies seriously. (p. 59)
No one is ever right in advance, and it is therefore a cognitive necessity and a moral obligation to submit one's thoughts to the truth and the judgement of others. (p. 57)
The processes of emancipation have undoubtedly expanded the scope for autonomy and choice, but they have also instilled a demand for unconditional freedom without even being up to the task. (p. 65)
If we want to talk about freedom, we can say that the more we gain knowledge of the processes that determine us, the more we are able to be free. (p. 8)
In the Gospel of Luke, for example, we find a beautiful image of happiness, in which the Virgin Mary goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who, like Mary, is pregnant. It then happens that, at the sight of Mary, the child in Elizabeth's womb begins to leap. Think of the motion of joy as this “jumping”!
Christianity has altered the pagan soul. When the dream of a world without pain appeared, we could no longer adapt to this pain, even though we believe that a world without pain will never exist. Consciousness has been visited by a dream that can no longer be erased, and even if we believe it to be unlikely, we still want it to exist.
Paradoxically, by mastering oneself, one becomes more open to others, indirectly becoming generous, since “bonum est diffusivum sui”. This is magnanimity, the great ancient virtue whose name has been lost today. (p. 133)
The question is: to what extent is what is “possible” actually “possible”? In other words, where is the boundary between what is “lawful” and what is “achievable”? (p. 46)