2021 Program
Event #20
Matteo Nucci
Origins of philosophy: dialectic
When the dream of unraveling gods’ enigma fades away, there is nothing left but the challenge for wisdom between two human beings who, through dialogue, seek the truth. And the dialectic arises. Its most famous form is the one embodied by Socrates, the Athenian. He is the first philosopher in our history. Then, the best of his disciples – the greatest of all, Plato.
Matteo Nucci is author of novels, short stories, reportages and essays. He published the novels Sono comuni le cose degli amici (Ponte alle Grazie, 2009) and È giusto obbedire alla notte (Ponte alle Grazie, 2017) both finalist at Premio Strega, together with the novel-essay Il toro non sbaglia mai (Ponte alle Grazie, 2011) and L’abisso di Eros (Ponte alle Grazie, 2018). He translated the translation of Plato’s Symposium (Einaudi, 2009) and the narrative essays Le lacrime degli eroi (Einaudi, 2013) and Achille e Odisseo. La ferocia e l’inganno (Einaudi, 2020). His short stories have been published in collections and magazines, and his reportages on Il Venerdì di Repubblica and L’Espresso and online on minima et moralia. He is editor of a taurine culture website: www.uominietori.it. In September his latest novel Sono difficili le cose belle will be published by HarperCollins.
