Umberto Galimberti

“As far as you walk and travel every road, you will not reach the borders of the soul, so deep is its logos. Heraclitus.“

Umberto Galimberti embarks on a journey through the concept of soul via the thoughts of the two most important witnesses of the West: Plato and Nietzsche. In the history of the soul explored by the author, he begins his inquiry by considering that in Homeric tradition the soul is like a shadow, as for Homer it meant the last breath of man. Subsequently, Plato introduces the concept of the soul and emancipates it from religious tradition to the political experience in which it will find its highest expression, the philosopher governing the city. Professor Galimberti then describes another philosophical concept extensively discussed in the book, the seduction of the soul, and finally concludes with the analysis of the soul in its depth which is nothing but the study of psychological sciences.

Umberto Galimberti, an appointed professor at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, is a regular member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology and has been vice president of the Italian Association for Philosophical Consulting “Phronesis” since 2003. He collaborates and serves as an opinion columnist for the daily La Repubblica .