Biography
Severino studied at the University of Pavia under Gustavo Bontadini, though he broke publicly from Bontadini in 1970 while both were members of faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. A student of his as a young man at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore was Cardinal Angelo Scola, now Archbishop of Milan and considered as possibly being favored by Pope Benedict XVI as the next pope; Scola once worked for the pope when the pope was a cardinal.
Severino spent a number of years on the faculty of the University of Venice as well.
Because of his philosophical original position, so-called neoparmenidism, Severino has been claimed to be "a giant" and "the only philosopher who in the 20th century can be compared to Heidegger".
In 1970, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that Severino's ideas are not compatible with Christianity as the basis of Severino's belief in "the eternity of all being," a belief said to eliminate a Creator God.
Severino has received from the President of the Italian Republic the "Golden medal of the Republic for culture merits" (Medaglia d’oro della Repubblica per i Benemeriti della Cultura). He is also a member of Accademia dei Lincei, the official Italian scientific academy. He has won several prizes and writes sometimes on the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
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