Rodolfo Mondolfo (August 20, 1877 – July 15, 1976) was an Italian philosopher who lived in Italy and Argentina. Born in

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into a prominent family of

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origin, he studied at University of Florence and the University of Siena. In 1910 he started teaching at

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where he worked until 1914, when he left for

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and later at the University of Padova. Due to the enactment of racial laws he left Italy in 1938 and was exiled in Argentina. There he worked as a professor at National University of Córdoba and National University of Tucumán. At the end of World War II he could have returned to Italy, but he preferred to stay in Argentina. He died in

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External links

ARGENPRESS.info - Perfil de Rodolfo Mondolfo.Varios Autores, ''Rodolfo Mondolfo. Maestro insigne de filosofía y humanidad'', Asociación Dante Alighieri, Buenos Aires.
1877 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Italian philosophers People from Senigallia Italian emigrants to Argentina 20th-century Italian Jews Jewish philosophers Marxist humanists 20th-century Argentine philosophers {{Italy-philosopher-stub