Luigi Firpo (4 January 1915 in
Turin – 2 March 1989 in Turin)[1] was an Italian historian and politician.
He taught history of political thought at the
University of Turin. He has been credited as "an excellent editor and lucky finder of texts" which were particularly influential in the study of
Tommaso Campanella.[2] In 1943, a time of great upheaval for Italy, Firpo discovered in
Trento's Civic Library a 1602 manuscript of Campanella's The City of the Sun (shelf mark BCT1-1538), which is considered the most ancient manuscript copy that has survived to present time.
Firpo was a member of the
Italian Republican Party and of the Italian Parliament serving from 9 July 1987 to March 2, 1989.[3]
Bibliography
Ricerche campanelliane, Firenze, Sansoni, 1947.
Il processo di Giordano Bruno, Napoli, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1949.
Lo stato ideale della Controriforma, Bari, Laterza, 1957.
Gli scritti giovanili di Giovanni Botero: bibliografia ragionata, Firenze, Sansoni antiquariato, 1960.
Appunti e testi per la storia dell'antimachiavellismo : corso di storia delle dottrine politiche, Torino, Cooperativa libraria universitaria torinese, 1961.
Rousseau in Italia, Torino, Edizioni di "Filosofia", 1963.
L'iconografia di Tommaso Campanella, Firenze, Sansoni antiquariato, 1964.
Bridge : il sistema "Torino" : dichiarazioni, giocata, percentuali, Torino, Associazione di Torino della Federazione italiana bridge, 1965.