2013 Program
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’).
born in Venice, lives and works in Rome. She is the author of the religious programme Uomini e Profeti, on Radio 3. She directs a book series on spirituality by the same name, published by Morcelliana. She has taught Religion and communication at La Sapienza in Rome. She was awarded a laurea honoris causa by th Valdese Faculty of Theology. Her books include: La fatica della luce (2008), Nessuno ha mai visto Dio (2012), Come un bambino. Saggio sulla vita piccola (2013), published by Morcelliana; Il sogno è potenza di realtà (Aliberti, 2010); Pazienza (Il Mulino, 2014), La vita non è il male , written with Maurizio Ciampa (Salani).
EVENT #18
Stefano Bartezzaghi, Massimo Recalcati
To inherit or to be creative? Art in the time of disoriented generations
