Angel Cappelletti
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Ángel Cappelletti was a philosopher and university professor. He was born in Rosario
. He studied philosophy at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires where he also got his PhD degree in 1954. He moved to Venezuela in 1968 and began teaching at the Simon Bolivar University until his retirement in 1994, when he returned to Rosario. During his career he translated works from Greek and Latin and composed numerous works on Ancient philosophy as well as on the subjects os Positivism
and Anarchism
in Latin America.
Translations:
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
. He studied philosophy at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires where he also got his PhD degree in 1954. He moved to Venezuela in 1968 and began teaching at the Simon Bolivar University until his retirement in 1994, when he returned to Rosario. During his career he translated works from Greek and Latin and composed numerous works on Ancient philosophy as well as on the subjects os Positivism
Positivism
Positivism is a a view of scientific methods and a philosophical approach, theory, or system based on the view that, in the social as well as natural sciences, sensory experiences and their logical and mathematical treatment are together the exclusive source of all worthwhile information....
and Anarchism
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
in Latin America.
Works
- Los fragmentos de Heráclito (1962)
- Utopías Antiguas y modernas (1966)
- El socialismo utópico (Rosario, 1968)
- La filosofía de Heráclito de Efeso (1970)
- Inicios de la filosofía griega (1972)
- Cuatro filósofos de la Alta Edad Media (1972, 1993)
- Introducción a Séneca (1973)
- Introducción a Condillac (1974)
- Los fragmentos de Diógenes de Apolonia (1975)
- La teoría aristotélica de la visión (1977)
- Ciencia jónica y pitagórica (1980)
- Protágoras: naturaleza y cultura (1987)
- Sobre tres diálogos menores de Platón (1987)
- Noias de filosofía griega (1990)
- La estética Griega (1991, 2000)
- Positivismo y evolucionismo en Venezuela (1992)
- Textos y estudios de filosofía medioeval (1993)
- Estado y poder político en el pensamiento moderno (1994)
- Bakunin y el Socialismo Libertario (1986)
- El pensamiento de Malatesta (Montevideo, 1990)
- La teoría de la propiedad en Proudhon y otros momentos del pensamiento anarquista (Mexico, 1980)
- El pensamiento de Kropotkin (Madrid, 1978)
- Etapas del pensamiento socialista (Madrid, 1978)
- Francisco Ferrer y la pedagogía libertaria (Madrid, 1980)
- Prehistoria del anarquismo (Madrid, 2006)
- Hechos y figuras del anarquismo hispanoamericano (Móstoles, 1991)
- Utopías y antiutopías después Marx (Montevideo,1997)
- El anarquismo en America Latina (Caracas, 1990) with Carlos Rama.
Translations:
- Séneca: De brevitae vitae (1959)
- Epístolas pseudos-heraclíteas (1960)
- Abelardo: Ética (1966)
- Platón: Georgias (1967).