Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... S > Gaetano Sanseverino Gaetano Sanseverino Restorer of the Scholastic philosophy in Italy , b. at Naples , 1811; d. there of cholera, 16 Nov., 1865. He made his studies in the seminary at Nola , where his uncle was rector . After his ordination , he continued the study of philosophy , with the special view of comparing the various systems. He became a canon of the cathedral of Naples , professor of logic and metaphysics in the seminary substitute-professor of ethics in the university , and eventually scrittore in the National Library. Sanseverino had been educated in the Cartesian system, which at that time prevailed in the ecclesiastical schools of Italy , but his comparative study of the various systems supplied him with a deeper knowledge of the Scholastics , particularly St. Thomas , and of the intimate connection between their doctrine and that of the Fathers . From that time until the end of his life, his only concern was the restoration of Christian philosophy , in which, not only by his writings, but by his lectures and conversation, he was of supreme assistance to Leo XIII . With this object, he founded, in 1840, "La Scienza e la Fede", a | |
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