Lessons in Inhumanity

«I imagine we all wonder what’s happening in today’s world, why there’s so much wickedness, violence, aggression and selfishness around us. I will try to answer these questions from my personal point of view, seeking, as far as I am able, to expose the roots of evil».

Alberto Meschiari was a researcher in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa for thirty five years. His fields of interest included History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Moral Philosophy, History of Science and Literature. He published more than thirty books and he is the author of an interesting proposal of an Ethics of re-enchantment and of five strategies for taking back our lives: On dialogue, The booklet of silence, A philosophy of walking, The art of loving, The magical world of books, all published in Florence by Edizioni Tassinari.