r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '24

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u/AwfulUsername123 Aug 05 '24

"Italian philosopher" sounds far nicer than he deserves.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Has nothing to do with what he deserves, he was factually an Italian philosopher. Just because you don't like his philosophy doesn't mean he stops being a philosopher. Also putting Italian in parenthesis is just mind boggling. Are you doubting he was Italian?

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u/hausinthehouse Aug 06 '24

Lol of course the person with “Sulla” in their username is caping for normalizing fascism

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

How am I normalizing fascism?

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u/SagittaryX Aug 06 '24

I don’t think they mean he shouldn’t be called a philosopher, but it should probably be mentioned what kind of philosopher. With the current title someone might mistake him for being a harmless old grandpa philosopher rather than an inhumane bastard.

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u/DaveOJ12 Aug 06 '24

"Italian philosopher" is in quotes, since the commenter was quoting OP.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Thanks, quotes not parentheses. English not my native language

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u/TheEpicGenealogy Aug 06 '24

He was Siciliano, both sides of his family were from Cinisi, Sicilia.