Count Pietro Verri was an Italian economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lo
Pietro Verri
Società dei Pugni by Antonio Perego from left to right: Alfonso Longo (behind), Alessandro Verri, Giambattista Biffi, Cesare Beccaria, Luigi Lambertenghi, Pietro Verri and Giuseppe Visconti di Saliceto
Detail of Pietro Verri monument in Milan
The portrait of Pietro Verri on the house of Cesare Beccaria in Milan
The Italian Enlightenment refers to the intellectual and cultural movement that flourished in the region of modern-day Italy during the second half of the 18th century as part of the broader Enlighten
Pietro Verri
…Hume Gibbon Helvétius Galileo Newton Beccaria Academic work Era 18th century Discipline Political economy School or tradition Classical liberalism Italian Enlightenment Notable works Meditazioni sull'economia politica ("Reflection's on Political Economy", 1771) Count Pietro Verri (12 December 1728 – 28 June 1797) was…
The members of the Milanese Accademia dei Pugni. From left to right: Alfonso Longo (back), Alessandro Verri, Giambattista Biffi, Cesare Beccaria, Luigi Lambertenghi, Pietro Verri and Giuseppe Visconti di Saliceto.
Statue of Cesare Beccaria, widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment.