Il disinganno copernicano: sull’antropologia materialistica di Giacomo Leopardi
The aim of this contribution is to consider some aspects of Leopardi’s radical materialism. Special attention is paid to his idea of ‘Modern’, both as an historical category and an anthropological one, linked to the Copernican revolution. According to Leopardi, not only Modern astronomy altered our picture of the universe, it also transformed the perception of human nature.