Talk:Pier Cesare Bori

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This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Pier Cesare Bori is a late notable published scholar of Tolstoy, wrote the introduction to War & Preace by Tolstoy, was featured in an article in L'Espresso, and had an extensive obituary in La Repubblica newspaper: http://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/11/05/news/bori-45947092/:

"A life for human rights has been turned off Pier Cesare Bori A few days ago, the appointment of the UNESCO Chair for religious pluralism and peace had said, "I'll do what my health will allow me." In his last will he asked for: "Silence, meditation and not speeches." The family mentioned in the funeral noticee ad: "Killed by asbestos."

He had just been appointed holder of the UNESCO Chair for religious pluralism and peace.

And a few days ago, when he learned of the appointment honoring him, he said: "I will do what my health allows." He was not able to take this appointment, Pier Cesare Bori, a professor of human rights died yesterday at age 75, defeated by a mesothelioma. In announcing funeral the family wrote: "Killed by asbestos."

He arrived in Bologna in the '70s, called by Giuseppe Alberigo Institute for Religious Sciences, he then followed the academic route: he was a lecturer until 1970 covering the post of Professor of the History of Christianity and the Church in political science, also teaching moral philosophy and human rights in globalization. He was Director, with Professor Gustavo Gozzi, the Masters in human rights and humanitarian intervention, he was a visiting professor in the U.S., Japan and Tunisia.

Among his writings, the early Church (Paideia, 1974), The Golden Calf (Basic Books, 1983 ), The Interpretation infinite (Princeton, 1987). His research of Lev Tolstoy is summarized in The Other Tolstoy (Princeton), and in the translation from the Russian by Thoughts for each day (Editions Culture of Peace).

But what I was proud recently was translated into Arabic, he had treated after the Chinese edition, the discourse on human dignity of Pico della Mirandola. Bori was born in Casale in 1937, he studied jurisprudence, theology, and biblical studies. On ethics intercultural published "For an ethical consensus between cultures" (Edward Arnold 1995) and "For ethical path between cultures" (New Italy 1996). From the experience with his students in prisons was born the book "lamp themselves."

Funerals academics be held Wednesday at 14 o'clock in the chapel Bulgari, Archiginnasio. "Silence, meditation and not talk," asked the professor in his will. And a welcoming ceremony, which excludes no one. In the style with which he lived. A political science colleagues remember him with pain. "For me it was a teacher," says the director of the Department Fabio Giusberti. "I'm losing a friend as well as a great scholar," says Gustavo Gozzi, the teacher who has worked alongside Bori for years on the issue of human rights, first with an undergraduate degree and then with the master. "It 'a huge loss, its contribution has always been extraordinary as evidenced by the many students who followed him and international awards. A magnificent life, his, marked by the encounter between cultures and civilizations." "A person who has always polite to peace and free search of spiritual fulfillment, "adds his friend and colleague touched Titian Bonazzi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pittore44 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 7 July 2013‎ (UTC)


 * You should add that information to the article if you don't want it to get deleted. --71.199.125.210 (talk) 00:57, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes, info added 9/14/2013 -- JR — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pittore44 (talk • contribs) Pittore44 (talk) 19:38, 7 October 2017 (UTC) 07:05, 14 September 2013 (UTC) Pittore44 (talk) 05:32, 16 November 2017 (UTC) Pittore44 (talk) 16:42, 20 November 2017 (UTC)