[5] Dal Pra would later become the successor Antonio Banfi as chair of the University of Milan's History of Philosophy department.

[9] Dal Pra is also credited for citing the role of Antonio Banfi's work, particularly his "critical rationalism", in the development of Italian philosophy in the last century.

[10] Dal Pra also became an editor of the Rivista di storia della filosofia, where his work emphasized how the history of philosophy should no longer follow the Hegelian view and should look instead at the link between theory and praxis.

[12] He also argued that the appropriate approach for historians is that based on the view that unity of the history of philosophy has to be “realized as far as possible” as opposed to the idea that it is guaranteed and established.

[14] His accounts offered insights into critical events in Italy due to his political affiliations, which included his associations with Luigi Longo and Roberto Battaglia.