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Giovanni Gentile

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Giovanni Gentile (29 May 1875 – 15 April 1944) was an Italian philosopher and politician who was Minister of Education under Benito Mussolini. He developed a form of philosophy called actual idealism. Gentile helped Mussolini write his ideas about Fascism, and Mussolini called Gentile the “philosopher of Fascism.” He was assassinated in 1944.

The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the 19th Century

The Fascist Movement in Italian Life and Fascist Doctrines and Institutions

Giovanni Gentile, Encyclopedia Brittanica