Einstein e Croce: la libertà, la guerra, l'olocausto nucleare

Abstract

By June 1944 Rome had fallen to the Allies. On June 7, 1994, Albert Einstein, both one of the greatest physicists of all time and a lifelong pacifist, addressed a letter to the Italian philosopher and stateman, Benedetto Croce, who at that time had emerged into political prominence. Croce replied on July 28, 1944, from Sorrento. According to Einstein and Croce, the development of science and of the creative activities of the spirit in general requires two kinds of freedom, outward liberty and inward freedom. Only if outward and inner freedom are constantly pursued is there a possibility of spiritual development