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Vincenzo Finamore

Vincenzo Finamore

Gessopalena (Chieti) 1837 - Napoli 1865


He studied in Lanciano an Naples, qualifying as a teacher of literature and philosophy, was ordained a priest in 1858, and obtained a position in the academic high school of L’Aquila, where he taught from 1861 to 1865. Assigned to the high school of Caltanissettta, he left the priesthood, but died of cholera in Naples before reaching Sicily. Educated as a Giobertian, he moved towards Hegelian idealism after reading the work of Bertrando Spaventa. He was unable to publish his Lezioni di filosofia, which remained as a manuscript and was later only partially reconstructed.

Main works: Prolusione alle lezioni di Filosofia nel Regio Liceo di Aquila, 24 Novembre 1862 (Aquila 1862); Prolusione allo studio di Filosofia nel Regio Liceo di Aquila, 16 Novembre 1863 (Aquila 1863); Lezioni di filosofia, inedite (ca. 1862-1865).

Bibliography: G. de Crecchio, Vincenzo Finamore: le stagioni perdute. Le epistole familiari 1860-1865, in I Finamore. Storia intima di una famiglia di intellettuali abruzzesi tra XIX e XX secolo, Lanciano, contrAppunto 2006; G. de Crecchio - A. Savorelli, Come si diventa “hegeliani”: Vincenzo Finamore, «Giornale critico della filosofia italiana», 2008, fasc. I.

Online resources: G. de Crecchio - A. Savorelli, Come si diventa "hegeliani": Vincenzo Finamore, in «Giornale critico della filosofia italiana», 2008, fasc. I.



Biblioteca comunale di Ortona, fondo Finamore

Vincenzo Finamore’s books are housed at the Public Library of Ortona (Chieti) in a special collection containing the books of his brother Gennaro (1836-1923), physician and folklorist, as well. Cf. the entry by U. Russo, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 48, Rome, 1997; Gaetano de Crecchio, Gennaro Finamore. 1867-1870; appunti di un nuomo moderno malato di nostalgia, in I Finamore. Storia intima di una famiglia di intellettuali abruzzesi tra XIX e XX secolo, Lanciano 2006, pp. 121-147). There is an inventory of the volumes (about 1,350), which are only partially shelved. A useful element to identifying the volumes of the two brothers is, besides the publication date, the topic (books about medicine and popular Abruzzo traditions are most probably Gennaro’s). Vincenzo’s philosophical and literary library is small, but indicative of the condition of a young southern Italian intellectual, whose cultural education experienced a decisive change at the moment of the Italian unification.

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