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Life

Born in Venice, he graduated in philosophy at the University of Padua (1967), and, since, 1985 he was professor of Aesthetics at the Architecture Institute of Venice. He founded several philosophical reviews and published essays centred on the "negative thought" inspired by authors like Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Gymnasivm Patavinum: The Universitys main Bo palace shown in a 1654 woodcut The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is one of the most well-renowned universities in Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An essay is a short work that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (IPA:) (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900), a German philologist and philosopher, produced critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered around a basic question regarding the positive and negative attitudes toward life of various systems of morality. ... Martin Heidegger (September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976) was a German philosopher. ... Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (IPA: ) (April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to modern philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. ...

After a brief affiliation with Potere Operaio, Cacciari adhered to the Italian Communist Party (PCI), holding positions which seemed to have little connection to his philosophical interests: in the 1970s he was responsibile of industrial politics for the PCI Veneto section and, elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1976-1983, he was a member of the Parliamentary commission for industry. Potere Operaio (Workers Power) was an extremist left-wing Italian political group, particularly active between 1968 and 1973. ... The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... Vèneto is one of the twenty Regions of Italy. ... The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. ... The Parliament of Italy (Italian: Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. ...

After the death of Enrico Berlinguer (1984), he left the party and switched to more moderate positions, although he never left the Centre-Left coalition. In 1993 he was elected mayor of Venice, a position he held until 2000. Cacciari was also proposed as future national leader of the coalition, later named Olive Tree, but his defeat at the 2000 election as governor of the Veneto region made this occasion wane. In 2005 he was again elected mayor of Venice. Enrico Berlinguer Enrico Berlinguer (May 25, 1922 - June 11, 1984), was an Italian politician and was national secretary of the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano or PCI) from 1972 to 1984. ... For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ...

Selected works

• Krisis (1976)
• Pensiero negativo e razionalizzazione (1977)
• Dallo Steinhof (1980)
• Icone della legge (1985)
• L'angelo necessario (1986)
• Dell'inizio (1990)