Testimoni della verità. Per un martirologio filosofico, religioso e politico

Abstract

Witnesses of Truth. For a philosophic, religious, and political martyrologyPhilosophy is not just an abstract matter – in some defining moments ofits history, it entailed for philosophers a personal fight to defend truth,and to remain consistent with their own doctrines. Such a personal fightoften concerned religion as well as politics. The paper discusses someof the most notable examples of men and women dealing with truth atthe risk of their own lives, and offers an actual ‘martyrology’ of truth.