(Translated by Maddalena Rayner)
• Extracts From ‘Open Revolution’, ‘Rivoluzione Aperta’, Parenti Editore, 1956
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“I long to live in a manifold of duty and individuals, to grasp things at their source, not taking them for granted as coming from an unknown and unchangeable origin. I long to experience things in depth and nearness, because through depth and nearness I realize the centre of reality. The whole of history shows me that this is possible. Formerly it would have been said that it was not possible, that we had to await death. Today I will die at every moment to rise again with God, at the centre of reality.”

— Aldo Capitini

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“I long to live in a manifold of duty and individuals, to grasp things at their source, not taking them for granted as coming from an unknown and unchangeable origin. I long to experience things in depth and nearness, because through depth and nearness I realize the centre of reality. The whole of history shows me that this is possible. Formerly it would have been said that it was not possible, that we had to await death. Today I will die at every moment to rise again with God, at the centre of reality.”" in the context of "(Translated by Maddalena Rayner)
• Extracts From ‘Open Revolution’, ‘Rivoluzione Aperta’, Parenti Editore, 1956" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Aldo Capitini

About Aldo Capitini

Aldo Capitini (23 December 1899 – 19 October 1968) was an Italian philosopher, poet, political activist, anti-Fascist and educator.