gentili remained in history as the main fascist philosopher. it was he, not musalini, who wrote the entire first part of the famous doctrine of fascism. its author is considered to be the duce, but in fact the first chapter and the main ideas were written by gentili. the philosopher was so influential that he sometimes allowed himself to disagree with the general line of the party and government. when the pragmatist musalini compromised with the catholic church and the monarchy, gentile remained convinced. he also did not support racism, which musalini came to as a result of his rapprochement with hitler. to close the topic of fascism and intellectuals, it is useful to recall umberto ecco’s childhood memories of his life under the fascists. in 1942, at the age of 10, i won first place at the olympics, held for all italian schoolchildren. with rhetorical virtuosity, i developed the theme, should we die for the glory of mussolini for the immortal glory of italy? i proved that i had to die, i was a smart boy. in other words, despite the fact tha