Norberto Bobbio

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Norberto Bobbio
Born	18 October 1909 Turin, Italy
Died	9 January 2004(2004-01-09) (aged 94) Turin, Italy
Alma mater	University of Turin
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Social liberalism
Main interests	Political philosophy legal philosophy
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Lifetime tenure 18 July 1984 – 9 January 2004
Appointed by	Sandro Pertini

Norberto Bobbio (Italian: [norˈbɛrto ˈbɔbbjo]; 18 October 1909 – 9 January 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa. Bobbio was a social liberal in the tradition of Piero Gobetti, Carlo Rosselli, Guido Calogero [it], and Aldo Capitini. He was also strongly influenced by Hans Kelsen and Vilfredo Pareto. He was considered one of the greatest Italian intellectuals of the 20th century.^[1]