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New Realism

Sarah De Sanctis

Manuel Carta interviews Maurizio Ferraris’s translator into English.

Your education was mainly focused on literature. How did you discover philosophy?

To be honest, my training in philosophy dates back to high school. I also did a module in Aesthetics – Descartes, Kant and Husserl – during my BA, but that was it at university. I have been cultivating philosophy mainly because of my personal interest in the subject, but I have to say my high school teacher was absolutely exceptional – most people assume I have a degree in philosophy – they can’t tell! So thank you, Maria Teresa Cazzaniga. It’s been incredibly hard and challenging, but worth it!

Do you feel like an academic philosopher? If not, what do you think about academia?

That’s a tricky question.

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