Carlo Cantoni

Professor of anthropology and theoretical philosophy at the Accademia scientifico-letteraria of Milan, in 1878 he became professor at the University of Pavia. After studying under the guidance of spiritual thinkers such as Giovanni M. Bertini, Terenzio Mamiani e Luigi Ferri, he studied in Germany with Hermann Lotze. In 1899 he became director of the «Rivista filosofica». His most important work, aside from an essay on Vico, a successful handbook of philosophy for high schools and other works of pedagogy and political philosophy, is the monograph Emanuele Kant (3 voll., 1879-1884), an important critical text in late nineteenth century Italy.