2013 Programme
EVENT #19
Gabriella Caramore
Imperfect knowledge
Wonder and desire, feverish activity of the mind, hunger for experience, acceleration toward the unknown: such are the dynamics the open the child's mind to the world. But just because of that, and because it is daring, knowledge in children is always imperfect. It never reaches a stage of fulfillment and accomplishment, it proceeds by experiment and error, by folly and discovery, by inaccuracy and risk. Yet this is just the kind of imperfect knowledge that all great religious and philosophical traditions have identified as the only true one. From Greek thought, according to which real knowledge is not knowing, to th Bible, for which “the wisdom of the world is foolish”, to the Oriental tradition, where “the fullness of virtue is being like a child” (duration: approx. 120’).
is an essayist and radio author. She has collaborated with Rai Radio 3 since 1982 and is the author of numerous radio programmes, including Uomini e profeti (1993-2018). From 2002 to 2005 she taught Religions and Communication at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy at La Sapienza University in Rome. He contributes to several newspapers. His most recent books include: La vita non è il male (Salani, 2016), La parola "Dio" (Einaudi, 2019) and forthcoming in September L'età grande. Riflessioni sulla vecchiaia (Garzanti).
EVENT #18
Stefano Bartezzaghi, Massimo Recalcati
To inherit or to be creative? Art in the time of disoriented generations
