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Benedetto
[be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
Historical Examples

Here we have Croce’s conception of beauty, the word defined as it is being understood to-day.
The Literature of Ecstasy Albert Mordell

When we got there he took off his mask, and I recognized Croce, whom my readers may remember.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Thus Croce affirms that evolution, development, is demanded by the very nature of spirit.
Beauty and the Beast Stewart A. McDowall

You would have gone with Croce from Milan if he had asked you, even on foot.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

This sorceress lived hard by the Porta alla Croce, for there are always many witches in that quarter.
Legends of Florence Charles Godfrey Leland

When dinner was over I took Croce apart, and talked seriously to him.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Man cannot separate the two faculties, and we seldom have what Croce calls pure intuition, that is, knowledge free of concepts.
The Literature of Ecstasy Albert Mordell

To advocate this is to turn his own weapon against Croce; but that is inevitable.
Beauty and the Beast Stewart A. McDowall

Croce is as much mistaken as the old aestheticians when he assumes one must study the science of aesthetics to appreciate poetry.
The Literature of Ecstasy Albert Mordell

But Croce proceeds to use it in a wider sense, as we shall see.
Beauty and the Beast Stewart A. McDowall

noun
Benedetto (beneˈdetto). 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, critic, and statesman: an opponent of Fascism, he helped re-establish liberalism in postwar Italy