Augusto Conti (December 6, 1822 – March 6, 1905) was an Italian philosopher and academic.[1][2]
Biography
Augusto Conti was born in San Pietro alle Fonti in San Miniato al Tedesco in 1822 to a family from Livorno.[1][3] His parents were Natale and Anna Passetti.[4]
On March 31, 1869, for his literary and scientific merits, he was called to sit in the College of Residents of the Accademia della Crusca; later he covered the Archconsulate several times.[1][3] He was the philosopher of beauty, who defined being between the true and the good, and connected them as the means between the beginning and the end.[1] He had a classical style and his works are sometimes appreciated more for the elegance of the prose than for the content.[1]