Gianni Vattimo

Philosopher

Birthday January 4, 1936

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Turin, Italy

DEATH DATE Sep 19, 2023 (87)

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About

Openly gay author, philosopher, politician, and devout Catholic who said he welcomed God's death.

Before Fame

He attended the University of Turin where he studied philosophy with existentialist Luigi Pareyson. He later studied with Karl Löwith and Hans-Georg Gadamer in Heidelberg.

Trivia

He was a political activist known for his involvement with Democrats of the Left, the Party of Italian Communists, and served in Parliament twice, first in 1999 and later in 2009.

Family Life

He was born to Italian parents in Turin, Piedmont.

Associated With

He was greatly influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche.