GALLUPPI

galluppi, pasquale (1770-1846), italian philosopher, was born on the 2nd of april 1770 at tropea, in calabria. he was of good family, and after studying at the university of naples he entered the public service, and was for many years employed in the office of the administration of finances. at the age of sixty, having become widely known by his writings on philosophy, he was called to the chair of logic and metaphysics in the university of naples, which he held till his death in november 1846. his most important works are: _lettere filosofiche_ (1827), in which he traces his philosophical development; _elementi di filosofia_ (1832); _saggio filosofico sulla critica della conoscenza_ (1819-1832); _sull' analisi e sulla sintesi_ (1807); _lezioni di logica e di metafisica_ (1832-1836); _filosofia della volonta_ (1832-1842, incomplete); _storia della filosofia_ (i., 1842); _considerazioni filosofiche sull' idealismo trascendentale_ (1841), a memoir on the system of fichte. on his philosophical views see l. ferri, _essai sur l'histoire de la philosophie en italie au xix^e siecle_, i. (1869); v. botta in ueberweg's _hist. of philosophy_, ii. app. 2; g. barzellotti, "philosophy in italy," in mind, iii. (1878); v. lastrucci, _pasquale galluppi. studio critico_ (florence, 1890).