Francesco Fiorentino (philosopher)

Francesco Fiorentino (Sambiase, 1 May 1834[1] – Naples, 22 December 1884) was an Italian philosopher and historiographer.

[1] His father was Gennaro Fiorentino, a chemist and a pharmacist, and his mother was Saveria Sinopoli.

Even if he was short-sighted and he never shot a gun before, Fiorentino attempted to take part in the Expedition of the Thousand, but he failed.

There he wrote Elementi di filosofia ad uso dei Licei, an important schoolbook used for decades for the teaching of philosophy in the liceo.

Despite the fact that he taught in public school for twenty-four years, his family didn't receive any pension because of six missing months of teaching.