For 10 points, name this anti-Fascist Italian philosopher who wrote Essence of Aesthetic.
his non-Spanish philosopher challenged the notion of the historical uniqueness of Goethe like Jose Ortega y Gasset. This philosopher influenced Ortega and is often compared compared to him, just like a man who translated this philosopher's work into English, R. G. Collingwood. This thinker's view that historical thought is necessary for practice and that practice is also necessary for historical thought, termed "circularity", is part of the historicist view outlined in his History as Thought and Action. Despite disagreeing on politics, this philosopher remained friends with his fellow Hegelian and much less liberal co-editor of (*) La Critica, Giovanni Gentile. This man is best known in philosophy for distinguishing the representative and expressive functions of art and basically arguing that art is expression. For 10 points, name this anti-Fascist Italian philosopher who wrote Essence of Aesthetic.
his non-Spanish philosopher challenged the notion of the historical uniqueness of Goethe like Jose Ortega y Gasset.
Benedetto Croce