Vittorino da Feltre

Italian Renaissance-Humanist and teacher

In the history of thought, Vittorino da Feltre is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Vittorino da Feltre as Italian Renaissance-Humanist and teacher.

Vittorino da Feltre was born at Feltre in 1378. He studied at University of Padua.

Thought in this period moved between the Islamic world, the Jewish communities and the Latin West, and the same texts were argued over in three traditions.

His academic posts were held at Francesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

The recorded fields of work are humanism, humanistic education and pedagogy.

The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.

Vittorino da Feltre died in 1446, aged 68. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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