Italian statesman and writer, born at Cumiana on the 17th of December 1820; studied at Turin; hesitated between philosophy and politics; became a member of the Sardinian legislature in 1848; and ever since that time has been a member of the Piedmont and Italian parliaments; was Secretary of Agriculture under Rattazzi; was professor of philosophy at Turin in 1849, and at Rome from 1871 to 1877; in 1865 he was Minister of Public Instruction and Commerce; and was again Minister of Agriculture from 1881 to 1885. His writings on philosophy include La Philosophie au XVI Siècle and Le Platonisme. His political writings were numerous; among them are Le Parlement Sarde et Vincent Gioberti; Constituante Italienne; and Toscane, Piément et Rome.
