Spirito, Ugo (1896-?)
Spirito, Ugo (1896-?)
Professor of philosophy who wrote on parapsychology. He was born on September 9, 1896, at Arezzo, Italy, and he studied at the University of Rome (LL.B., 1918; Ph.D., 1920). He taught at the University of Pisa (1932-34), the University of Messina (1935), the University of Genoa (1936), and the University of Rome (beginning in 1937).
Spirito developed an interest in parapsychology as it related to his own scholarly discipline, and he wrote several related books. He also attended the First International Conference of Parapsychological Studies in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1953.
Sources:
Spirito, Ugo. Il Problematicismo (Problematicism). Firenze: G. C. Sansoni, 1948.
——. Scienza e Filosofia (Science and Philosophy). Firenze: G. C. Sansoni, 1950.
——. La vita come amore (Life as Love). N.p., 1953. Reprint, Firenze: G. C. Sansoni, 1970.
——. La Vita come arte (Life as Art). N.p., 1941.
——. La Vita come ricerca (Life as a Search). 2d ed. Firenze: G. C. Sansoni, 1943.